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Sketches of

The Beusse and Evans

Families

and

Items of Interest to
family and friends

Compiled by
J. H. BEUSSE
AthenSy Qa.

M ay, 1923

The McGregor Co. — Printers

DEDICATED TO

My mother and father, who have gone
to the great “Beyond,” and to my kins¬
men, who are living, and to my chil¬
dren, and to their children to follow.

No man had a better father and mother
than I; my father had one of the
sweetest and most even tempered
dispositions any man ever had.

And to my dear mother, who loved
her children next to her God. The
memory of my father and mother will
always be sweet to me until I join them
in the Home in Heaven.

May 1st, 1923. .. J. H. Beusse.

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An Appreciation

In my boyhood days, it was my good fortune to have as friends twTo
of the dearest and most lovable Christians it was ever my pleasure
to know.

They were loved by every citizen, white and black, in Athens and
the surrounding country, who knew them. I have reference to Rev.
Chares W. Lane, D.D., who served the First Presbyterian Church
from February 2, 1873, until the time of his death, June 13th, 1896,
and to Rev. Ellison D. Stone, who was a Methodist preacher and who
owned and ran a job printing business.

They preached in simplicity, they adored The Doctrine, their life
was one long connected prayer. They served God and man ; their
works do follow. Their memory is a benediction.

On my young manhood they left a lasting impression of their love
for God.

At the present time we have some lovely characters in the preachers
of the different churches in Athens, and there is no finer man in
Athens today than the present pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church, Rev. Eugene L. Hill, D.D. He is loved by all the people of
Athens and to know him is to love him. May his life be long and
full of usefulness.

J .H. BEUSSE.

March 20th, 1923.

Our Neighbors

“It is the song you sing, and the smile you wear, that makes the
sunshine everywhere. ’ ’

That is the condition under which the family of Henry Beusse was
raised, on Oconee Street, at the intersection of Foundry Street, and
no family was ever blessed with better neighbors. That was the day
when neighbors counted for something.

There were the Mason family, David Michael and wife, and their
children, Miss Rachel, Simon and Moses; I. Morris and his family;
ihe Palmer family; the Bailey family; Robert Hodgson and Miss Ann
Hodgson ; E. R. Hodgson and his family, composed of Miss Lizzie,
Prince, Asbury, William, Robert, Tom, Albon, Joe, George, Frederick
and Guy. Then there was the Dorsey family, A. S. Dorsey and his
good wife, Miss Ida, who married Mr. Alex Davidson, Ed. and Doc
Dorsey. I will never have better friends than the above named. There
was the Bayne family, T. A. Adams and family, Mrs. Eva William¬
son; the Talmadge family, Allen, Frank, Ed and Miss Mary Jane;
Mrs. Brightwell; Captain Reuben Nickerson and wife; the Galloway
family; the Wilkersons, Miss Tennie, Miss Callie, Columbus, Manuel,
and others too numerous to mention — and what happy times these
families had together.

A great many of them have gone to the Great Beyond and the
others will follow. Today some of the names mentioned are the lead¬
ing citizens of the city of Athens, doing all they can for the city and
their country, their families, and serving their God.

March 20, 1923.

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Capt. Henry Beusse

INTERESTING SKETCHES OF THE OLDEST CITIZENS OF

ATHENS.

From The Athens Banner, Sunday, July 26th, 1903.

Capt. Henry Beusse.

Mr. Henry Beusse was born in Altona, near Hamburg, Germany,
September 10th, 1827. His father, who was a sea captain, died when
Capt. Beusse was seven years old, leaving him to be reared by a good
and pious mother. At the age of five he started to school, where he
remained until he was fifteen, when he was confirmed in the Lutheran
church.

Being very ambitious to be a sailor he went to sea, against his
mother’s wishes. He stayed at sea until eighteen when he landed at
New Orleans, Christmas day, 1845, the next year, January 26th, he
wTent to Charleston and from there to Athens, where he was engaged in
merchandise until January 18th, 1852, when he left for California.
The trip to California lasted seven and one half months, and there
were forty-five deaths from Panama to California. While in Califor¬
nia he was a miner, then a merchant, and raised stock and vegetables.

In June, 1856, he returned to Athens and married Menecies Lind¬
say Evans, November 6th, 1856. In 1858 he organized the Champion
Hook and Ladder Company No. 1, and was called “Father of the
Company” and was the president and captain of the company off and
on until the city adopted the paid department. He always man¬
ifested a deep interest in the welfare of the city.

In 1850 he joined the Odd Fellows and rose step by step to Grand
Master of the state. He is now a charter member of the Golden Rule
Lodge No. 211 Knights of Honor.

During the Civil War he was a member of the Ninth Georgia
Regiment in Capt. Adams Company and Col. Mell’s Regiment until
he was detailed by the Government as conductor on the Atlanta and
West Point Railroad Company. He was in service in North Carolina
and South Carolina by the Confederate Comissaries until the close
of the war. He carried the last prisoners that were exchanged from
Florence, S. C., to Wilmington, N. C., also carried last provisions
to Camden, S. C., which were sent to General Joseph E. Johnson’s
army. After having several narrow escapes of being captured, Capt.
Beusse walked from Florence, S. C., to Athens, as all the bridges had
been burned.

In 1866 he was elected Alderman of the City Council and served

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three years as chairman of the Finance Committee. In 1871, 1872
and 1881 he served as Mayor and has served as City Assessor for
about twenty years. He has been engaged in Mercantile and Book¬
keeping until now, except the time he was engaged as Right of Way
Agent for the G. C. & N. R. R. from the Savannah River to Fulton
County.

Captain Beusse has been connected with every new enterprise
started in Athens for many years. He was connected with the first
Fair Association, the first street car company, the first laundry, was
a director in the Northeastern R. R. until it passed into the hands of
the Richmond Terminal Company, and helped organize the first
building and loan association in the city.

In 1891 he visited Europe for the first time since leaving there and
saw his only two brothers and sister, since then both brothers and
sister have died.

In 1874 during a revival, Capt. Beusse was converted and joined
the Presbyterian Church, there being no Lutheran Church in Athens.
For about twenty years he was Treasurer of the Presbyterian Church
and has been Deacon for a number of years, which position he still
holds.

In 1872 Captain Beusse opened in Athens, the first roller skating
rink then in Georgia, and also that year formed a partnership with
Mr. Samuel M. Hunter and did a large general store business in the
Dupree building at the corner of Broad and Thomas streets.

In 1877 this partnership was dissolved, Mr. Hunter forming a part¬
nership with Mr. Joe Orr and Mr. W. C. Orr, the name of the firm
being Orr and Hunter, Cotton Factors.

Captain Beusse continued in the grocery business on Broad street,
in the building which is now known as the Marks building.

I. 0. 0. F.

GRAND LODGE OF GEORGIA
Office of Grand Secretary.

Gainesville, Ga., March 22, 1923.
Hon. James A. Perry, Grand Master,

Atlanta, Georgia.

Dear Brother Perry : —

Complying with your request I have examined the records and
find that Henry Beusse of Williams Lodge No. 15, Athens, Ga., was
elected Grand Master at the session of the Grand Lodge held in
Augusta in 1883. The following session of the Grand Lodge, 1884,
at which he presided was held in Brunswick.

Fraternally yours,

T. H. ROBERTSON,

Grand Secretary.

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THE ATHENS DAILY HERALD.

November 14, 1921.

Larry Gantt’s Column.

By T. Larry Gantt.

Now that a municipal contest is on in Athens, it may be of some
interest to our readers to recount one of two heated campaigns, that
occurred in past years, and only remembered by our older citizens.

When I first located in Athens, the town had less than 5,000 in¬
habitants. At that time, J. D. Pittard, an uncle of Jno. T. Pittard,
of Winterville, was mayor. He was a merchant and one of our sub¬
stantial citizens. Owing to bad health, Mr. Pittard declined to offer
for re-election. Dr. J. A. Hunnicutt and Capt. Henry Beusse were
the opposing candidates. Dr. Hunnicutt then, as he is today, was
a staid, quiet, unassuming gentleman and knew nothing about poli¬
tics. He was polite and nice to everyone, but of course his intimate
friends were confined to a limited circle. On the other hand Henry
Beusse was not only a good mixer, everyone called him Henry, and a
more universally popular man never lived in Athens. For Capt.
Beusse to win, was like taking a stick of candy from a baby. In
truth, Dr. Hunnicutt did not care for the office and was put into the
race by his friends.

Athens never had a better mayor than Henry Beusse. He loved
his town and the people had great confidence in his business sagacity
and integrity. It was under the Beusse administration that Athens
built the Northeastern Railway to Lula Junction, and it was his vote
that carried the line by Harmony Grove instead of Jefferson. The
city of Commerce owes its growth and bright future to Mayor Beusse,
and the town should erect a monument to his memory. Henry
Beusse was a true and loyal friend and the soul of charity and gener¬
osity. He was a most kindly and lovable man, and until the day of
his death my tried and true friend. Peace to his ashes. A good man
taken from Athens when he passed away.

The town of Harmony Grove has, within the past ten years changed
its name to Commerce. L1

CAPTAIN HENRY BEUSSE ENTERS INTO REST.

Death of one of Athens oldest and most honored citizens.

From The Athens Banner , December 15, 1903.

In the death of Captain Henry Beulsse at his home in this city
yesterday morning at four o’clock, Athens lost one of her oldest and
most respected citizens.

Capt. Beusse had been feeling badly for several days, but his
family had no idea of the nearness of the end.

Yesterday morning about four o’clock he arose from his bed and
started across the room. Mrs. Beusse asked him what he was doing

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and he said he was going to get a drink of water. Just then he
caught hold of a chair and gradually sank to the floor.

His son, Mr. Fred Beusse, who slept in an adjoining room, was
called and came quickly and lifted his father up on the bed. As his
head rested upon the pillow he passed away. The summons had come
suddenly in the form of heart failure.

The announcement of Capt, Beusse ’s death was a great shock to his
many friends. He was among the oldest landmarks in the city,
honored and beloved by all the people.

Capt. Beusse leaves a widow and seven children : Mrs. W. F.
Dorsey, Mrs. W. P. Briggs, Mrs. Alice Adams, Messrs. J. H. Beusse,
IT. W. Beusse, C. G. Beusse, and Fred Beusse, all of Athens.

The funeral will be held this afternoon at three o’clock, at the
Presbyterian church. The pallbearers will be from the Odd Fel¬
lows of this city, and the honorary pallbearers will be the elders and
deacons of the Presbyterian church. At the grave the remains will
be interred with the honors of Odd Fellowship.

Capt. Beusse was the oldest living Past Master of the Odd Fellows
of Georgia. The burial exercises of the Odd Fellows this afternoon
will be conducted by Past Grand Master Charles H. Brand.

All surviving members of the Pioneer Hook and Ladder Company,
of which Capt. Beusse was the founder will assemble at Pioneer Hall
Lhis afternoon at 2:30 o’clock for the purpose of attending the
funeral in a body.

FUNERAL SERVICES OF MRS. HENRY BEUSSE TO BE HELD

3 :30 P. M.

November 12 1919.

The funeral of Mrs. Henry Beusse, who died at her home on Hill
street, Tuesday evening, will be held this afternoon at the family
residence at 3:30. Rev. E. L. Hill, pastor of the First Presbyterian
church, of which Mrs. Beusse was an active member for more than
seventy years, will conduct the services and in accordance with a
request of the deceased, they will be private and of short simple
nature, interment taking place immediately after in the Oconee
Cemetery.

Mrs. Beusse was eighty-four years of age, being born in Madison
County in 1835, moving to Athens in 1843, where she made her home
until her death. Prior to her marriage, in 1856, to Capt. Henry Beusse,
she was Miss Menecies Lindsey Evans, being one of the most charming
and popular young ladies of the early days of the city. She was a
devoted wife and mother and universally loved as a sincere friend by
her every acquaintance, so her passing is deeply mourned by the
entire populace of the city.

She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. W. F. Dorsey, Mrs. W. P.
Briggs, and Mrs. Alice Adams, all of Athens; three sons, Mr. Henry

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W. Beusse, and Mr. J. H. Beusse, of Athens, and Mr. Fred Beusse of
New Orleans ; six grandchildren, Mrs. Jno. R. Northcutt, of Athens ;
Mrs. James R. Gray, Atlanta; Mrs. Jno. Bonner, Mrs. Jno. Henderson,
and Mr. James Henry Beusse, Gray, Ga. ; Mrs. Nevitt Owens, Wiley,
Ga., a number of great grandchildren and other relatives.

The following gentlemen, her friends for many years, will, at her
request be the active pallbearers: Mr. M. G. Michael, Mr. Chas. Scud-
der, Mr. Hugh Rowe, Mr. E. I. Smith, Sr., Mr. F. M. Hodgson, Mr.
J H. Dorsey, while the honorary pallbearers will be Maj. John E.
Talmadge, Sr., Mr. H. H. Linton, Dr. Henry Palmer, Mr. Joe M.
Hodgson and Mr. Myer Stern.

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Beusse Family Record

BEUSSE FAMILY WITH GREAT-GRANDFATHER OF JESSE
HOYT BEUSSE OF ATHENS, GEORGIA.

Johann Hinrich Beusse,

Married, July 1st, 1784,

Marie Margaretha Karten.

Children :

Catharine Margaretha Dorathea Beusse, born April 4th, 1785.

John Henry Martin Beusse, horn May 14th, 1789. Went to Phila¬
delphia, was God-Father to Wilhelmine Gerdts.

Diedrich Henry Beusse, born September 26th, 1791. Grand¬
father of Jesse Hoyt Beusse.

Christian Ben j amine Beusse, horn January 7th 1795. Was a
Captain and killed by Pirates.

Diedrich Henry Beusse, (Captain of Sailing Vessel), born September
26th, 1791 ; died January 2nd, 1833.

Married December 2nd, 1812.

Anne Christine Catharina Classen, born January 19th, 1795 in Altona ;
died March 21st, 1862 in Altona.

Children :

Johanna Henrietta Margaretha Beusse, born February 5th, 1813;
died November 14th, 1818.

John H. Diedrich Beusse, horn August 10th, 1816; died June
20th, 1889.

Heinrich Wilhelm Diedrich Beusse, born June 19th, 1818; died
May 6th, 1901.

Johanna Henrietta Christophine Beusse, born August 12th, 1821 •
died April 22nd, 1886.

Johanna Margaretha Mathilde Beusse, born May 25th, 1823-
Died February 18th, 1876.

Wilhelmina Beusse, born March 4th, 1825; died Jan. 10th, 1864.
Married Henry Gerdts.

Henrich Beusse, born September 10th, 1827 ; died Dec. 14th, 1903
Father of Jesse Iloyt Beusse.

Fredeiike Wilhelmine Eleonore Beusse, born December 10th
1831 ; died September 2nd, 1892.

Johann Heinrich Ulrich Beusse, bom November 4th 1833- died
February 22nd, 1900.

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FAMILY OF ANNE CHRISTINE CATHARINA CLASSEN,
WIFE OF DIEDRICH HINRICH BEUSSE.

Johann or Wilhelm Hinrich Classen, horn 1750; died July 17th, 1814.
Married July 9th, 1789.

Catharina Maria Hoppner, born Aug. 10th, 1772 ; died Jan. 11th, 1844.
Children :

(1) Unknown.

(2) Unknown.

(3) Unknown.

(4) Anne Christine Catharina Classen, born Jan. 19th, 1795.

(5) Unknown.

(6) Unknown. One of these three was Wilhelm Classen.

(7) Unknown.

(4) Anne Christine Catharine Classen, born January 19th, 1795;
died March 21st, 1862.

Married December 2nd. 1812.

Diedrich Hinrich Beusse, born September 26th, 1791 ; died Jan¬
uary 2nd, 1833.

See previous page for their descendents.

(5(

(6) One Wilhelm Classen had a wife, whose name is not known and

they had three daughters :

(7)

(a) Christiane Classen.

(b) Johanna Classen.

(c) Emilie Classen.

(a) Christiane Classen

Married

Christoph Arnoldi.

Children :

Emil Arnoldi,

Emilie Arnoldi,

Elizabeth Arnoldi.

Emil Arnoldi
Married

Amanda Muller.

Children : 1 son, 3 daughters.

Emilie Arnoldi
Married
August Adam.

Children : 1 son, 2 daughters.

Elizabeth Arnoldi, not married.

(b) Johanna Classen

Married

- Mortensen.

Children :

Anna M. Mortensen,

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Johannes Mortensen,

Christian Mortensen.

Anna M. Mortensen
Married

Albert Spangenberg.

Children : 1 son.

J ohannes Mortensen
Married

Amanda Ellerbrock.

Children : 1 son, 1 daughter.

Christian Mortensen
Married

Wife not known.

Children : 2 or 3.

(5)

(6) After the death of this Wilhelm Classen, his widow was married

again to Johann Jakob Luders and they had two daughters:

(7)

Wilhelmine Luders,

Elise Luders.

Wilhelmine Luders
Married

- Eiserdorf.

Elise Luders, not married.

This Johann Jakob Luders, when he married the widow of Wel-
helm Classen was a widower and had four sons from his
first marriage :

Gustav Luders,

Christian Luders,

Ferdinand Luders,

Ernst Luders.

Gustav Luders
Married

Wife not known.

Has four children.

Christian Luders
Married

Wife not known.

No children.

Ferdinand Luders, died in San Francisco, Cal.

Ernst Luders, nothing known.

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Diedrich Heinrich Beusse

Mrs. Diedrich Heinrich Beusse

Herman Tiemann, Paul Tiemann, Oskar Tiemann and wife

Hamburg, Germany

John Heinrich Diedrich Beusse

Minna H. Beusse
Married Richard Arndt (deceased)
Later married Hausen

Mr. and Mrs. Wilhelm H. C. Beusse, Ottensen, Germany

FAMILY OF HEINRICH WILHELM DIEDRICH BEUSSE,
SON OF DIEDRICH HENRY BEUSSE.

Heinrich Wilhelm Diedrich Beusse, born June 19th, 1818 ; died May
6th, 1901.

Married

Johanna Ruther, born 1820; died 1899.

Children :

(1) Wilhelm Heinrich Christian Beusse,

(2) Johann Heinrich Martin Beusse,

(3) Ernest Heinrich Diedrich Beusse,

(4) Johann Christoph Rudolf Beusse,

(5) John Gottlieb Christian Beusse,

(6) Heinrich Hermann Christian Beusse,

(7) Minna Margaretha Helene Beusse,

(8) Mathilde Caroline Bertha Beusse,

(9) Johann Frederick Ernst Beusse.

(1) Wilhelm Heinrich Christian Beusse. Born 1845, lives Otten-

sen and has five children, Herman, Johann, Christian,
Anne, Wilhelmine.

(2) Johan Heinrich Martin Beusse. Dead.

(3) Ernst Heinrich Diedrich Beusse. Dead.

(4) Johann Christoph Rudolph Beusse. Nothing known.

(5) John Gottlieb Christian Beusse. Nothing known.

(6) Heinrich Hermann Christian Beusse. Lives Ottensen, a

butcher formerly, now a merchant, married and has one
daughter.

(7) Minna Margaretha Helene Beusse. Was married to Rich¬

ard Arndt (dead), later married Hansen (dead), lives
now in Hamburg and has the old letter of 1846.

(8) Mathilde Caroline Bertha Beusse. Dead.

(9) Johann Frederick Ernst Beusse. Dead.

THIS INFORMATION FURNISHED BY WILLIAM HENRY
BEUSSE, OF MADISON COUNTY, GEORGIA.

John Henry Dedrick Beusse. Born Hamburg, Germany, August
10th, 1816. Died Madison County, Ga., June 20th, 1889.
Buried at Athens, Ga,

Married, 1854.

Tempie Trammell. Born April 16th, 1826. Died Sept. 17th, 1895.
Children :

1. Eleonora Julia Beusse. Born July 17th, 1855.

2. Charles Louis Beusse. Born June 16th, 1857.

3. Amy Louise Beusse. Born June 16th, 1859.

4. William Henry Beusse. Born May 28th, 1861.

5. Belle Ulrica Beusse. Born November 13th, 1865.

6. Joseph Lee Beusse. Born November 6th, 1867.

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7. Oscar Rufus Beusse. Born January 7th, 1869.

8. Edgar Edward Beusse. Born April, 1871.

(1) Eleonora Julia Beusse. Born July 17th, 1855.

Married, February 18th 1872.

G. A. Halwick Jennings of Owassa, Michigan. Died March 6th,
1918.

No children.

(2) Charles Louis Beusse. Born June 16th, 1857.

Married 1878.

Mary Gann.

Children :

David Dedrick Beusse. Born April 28th, 1879.
Ferdinand Beusse. Born July 10th, 1882.

David Dedrick Beusse. Born April 28th, 1879.

Married

Minnie Gaines. Born January 22nd, 1882.

Children :

David Dedrick Beusse. Born December 10th, 1905.
Fred. Beusse. Born July 10th, 1882.

Married
Miss Dawson.

Children :

Bert Beusse. Bom July 22nd, 1905.

(3) Amy Louise Beusse, Born June 16th, 1859

Married Nov. 29th, 1877.

Died Brunswick, Ga., Feb. 13th, 1887.
Geo. W. Calvin of Augusta, Ga.

Children :

Nellie Calvin,

Lola Calvin,

Louis Calvin.

(4) William Henry Beusse,

Married

Hattie Winfrey.

Children :

Amy L. Beusse,

Annie May Beusse,

Ruby Ella Beusse,

W. H. Beusse Jr.,

Jesse Hoyt Beusse,

Lillian Beusse.

Amy L. Beusse,

Married

- Wright, lives Athens, Ga.

Annie May Beusse,

Married

- Dixon, lives Commerce, Ga.

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Born May 28th, 1861.
Nov. 4th, 1884.

Ruby Ella Beusse,

Married

- White lives Pocataligo, Madison County, Ga.

W. H. Beusse, Jr.,

. Married

Evie Landers, lives Madison County, Ga.

(5) Belle Ulrica Beusse, Born Nov. 13th, 1865.

Married

Harry Christoff erson, Lives at Wilmington, N. C.

a Norwegian.

Children :

Two girls one boy.

(6) Joseph Lee Beusse,

Married

Imer Jane Jones.

(7) Oscar Rufus Beusse,

Married
Lillian Glenn.

Children :

Four boys, one girl.

(8) Egan Edward Beusse,

Married
Alice Mann.

Children :

One boy, killed in Atlanta, Ga. Age, 22.

One girl, married. Age, 33.

FAMILY OF JOHANNAH HENRIETTA CHRISTOPHINE
BEUSSE, DAUGHTER OF DIEDRICH HENRY BEUSSE.

Johanna Henrietta Christophine Beusse, Born Aug. 12th, 1821.

Died April 22nd, 1886.

Was engaged (not married) for seven years to Andreas Heise,
who went to America, later married to - Blunck, a car¬

penter, who died soon after marriage, (had one daughter),
Catharine Franziska Bernhardine Blunck. Born, 1855. Died
Nov. 2nd, 1875. She later married Johann Diedrich Brumm, an
inspector of police, who had seven children with his first wife,
(three in America). No children born to them.

Born Nov. 6th, 1867.
June 10th, 1889.

Born Jan. 7th, 1869.

1893.

Born April, 1871.
Dec. 22nd, 1890.

FAMILY OF JOHANNA MARGARETHA MATHILDE BEUSSE,
DAUGHTER OF DIEDRICH HEINRICH BEUSSE.

Johanna Margaretha Mathilde Beusse,
Married

Johann Heinrich Werckenthin,

Born May 25th, 1823.
Died Feb. 18th, 1876.

Born April 10th, 1828.
Died June 11th, 1906.

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Children :

(1) Heinrich Rudolph Christian Werckenthin,

Born Oct. 15th,

(2) Hermann Werckenthin, Born Aug. 14th,

(3) Adolph Werckenthin, Born May 8th,

(4) Ulrich Werckenthin, Born Sept. 12th,

(5) Frederick Werckenthin, Bom Oct. 22,

(1) Heinrich Rudolph Christian Werckenthin, Born Oct. 15th,

Married

Lives as a carpenter in Hamburg, has four children ; two
fallen in The World War, one son lives, one daughter,

1854.

1856.

1859.

1861.

1867.

1854.

sons

mar¬

ried.

(2) Hermann Werckenthin,

f3) Adolph Werckenthin,

Married.

(4) Ulrich Werckenthin,

Married.

Lives in Hamburg. Has two children.

(5) Frederick Werckenthin,

Married.

Lives in Hamburg. Has two sons.

Bom Aug. 14th, 1856.
Died Feh. 12th, 1917.
Born May 8th, 1859.
Died June 15th, 1905.
Born Sept. 12th, 1861.

Born Oct. 22nd, 1867.

FAMILY OF WILHELMINA BEUSSE, DAUGHTER OF
DIEDRICH HEINRICH BEUSSE.

Wilhelmina Beusse,

Born March 4th, 1824. Germany.
Died Jan. 10th, 1864, Charleston, S. C.

Married

Henry Gerdts, Bom Feb. 11th, 1812, Bremen, Germany.

Died Oct. 16th, 1885, Charleston, S. C.

Children :

(1) Alice Wilhelmina Gerdts,

(2) Henry Blum Gerdts,

(3) Henrietta Gerdts,

(4) Frederick Beusse Gerdts,

(5) Serena Catharine Gerdts,

(6) Rosalie Gerdts,

(7) Florence Gerdts,

(1) Alice Wilhelmina Gerdts,

Married

to

John Schnierle Horlbeck.

Children :

Irene Horlbeck,

Born Oct. 28th, 1845.
Bora April 2nd, 1847.
Born April 17th, 1851.
Born May 30th, 1853.
Born Jan. 24th, 1856.
Bom April 26th, 1858.
Born Dec. 16th, 1860.
Born Oct. 28th, 1845.
Feb. 11th, 1869.
Died Jan. 6th, 1911.

Born May 29th, 1870.

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Henry Gerdts
Charleston, S. C.

William Henry Beusse
Danielsville, Ga.

Second Georgia Regiment Camps, Tampa, Fla., 1898

Mr. and Mrs. Heinrich H. C. Beusse, Ottensen, Germany

Mr. and Mrs. John G. C. Beusse

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Eliabeth Louise Horlbeck,
Margaret Eliza Horlbeck,

Alice Wilhelmina Horlbeck,
Florence Isabel Horlbeck,
Frederick Henry Horlbeck,
Irene Horlbeck,

Married

Mortimer Venning Haselden.
Eliabeth Louisa Horlbeck,
Married

John Herman Carsten Wulbern,

Margaret Eliza Horlbeck,

Married

William Eugene Jones.

Children :

William E. Jones. Died.
Henrietta Whaly Jones.
Elizabeth Jones.

Alice Wilhelmina Horlbeck,
Married

Frederick William Wagener.
Children :

George Andreas Wagener,
Alice Wagener,

Frederick William Wagener,
Eleanor Wagener.

Florence Isabel Horlbeck,

Married

Charles Morgan Shipway.
Children :

John Shipway. Died.

Helen Wattenhall Shipway
Charles Morgan Shipway.

(2) Henry Blum Gerdts,

Bom Aug. 9th, 1871.
Born Aug. 9th, 1871.
Born April 13th, 1873.
Born Aug. 30th, 1874.

Born Oct. 8th, 1883.
Born May 29th, 1870.
Oct. 28th, 1890.

Born Aug. 9th, 1871.

Sept. 28th, 1918.
Born May 11th, 1868.

Died Dec. 1st, 1922.
Born Aug. 9th, 1871.
Nov. 29th, 1901.

Died.

Born April 13th,
Jan. 18th,

1873.

1900.

Born Aug. 30th,
Feb. 11th,

1874.

1897.

(3) Henrietta Gerdts,

(4) Frederick Beusse Gerdts,

(5) Serena Catharaine Gerdts,

(6) Rosalie Gerdts,

(7) Florence Gerdts,

Married

David Clarence McCall,
Lives at Darlington, S. C.

Born April 3rd,
Died Aug. 27th,
Born April 17th,
Died July 26th,
Born May 30th,
Died July 28th,
Born Jan. 24th,
Lives 13 Pitts St., Charleston,
Born April 26th,
Died June 25th,
Born Dec. 16th,
Dec. 11th,

1847.

1850.

1851.

1852.

1853.
1863.
1856.
S. C.

1858.

1859.

1860.
1900.

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FAMILY OF HENRY BEUSSE, SON OF DIEDRICH HENRICH

BEUSSE.

Henry Beusse, Born Sept. 10th7 1827, Altona, Germany.

Died Dec. 14th, 1903, Athens, Ga.
Married Nov. 6th, 1856.

Menecies Lindsey Evans, Born Aug. 27th 1835, Madison Co., Ga.

Died Nov. 11th, 1919.

Children :

(1) Albinus Evans Beusse,

(2) Rosa B. Beusse,

(3) Wilhelmina M. Beusse,
Twins (4) Henry Id. Beusse,

(5) Clarissa Catharine Beusse,
Twins (6) Jesse Hoyt Beusse,

(7) Alice H. Beusse,

(8) Annie S. Beusse,

(9) Henry W. Beusse,

(10) Carlton G. Beusse,

(11) Fred M. Beusse,

(1) Albinus Evans Beusse,

Married

Maggie E. Butler.

Lives at Gray, Ga.

Children :

(a) Wilhelmina Beusse,

(b) James Henry Beusse,
(a) Wilhelmina Beusse,

Married
John Bonner.

Children : Girl

Born Athens, Ga.,
Aug. 13th, 1857.

Born Athens, Ga.
Jan. 30th, 1860.

Born Athens, Ga.,
Nov. 14th, 1861.

Born Athens, Ga.,
Dec. 29th, 1863.

Born Athens, Ga.,
Dec. 29th, 1863.

Born Athens, Ga.,
Dec. 18th, 1865.

Born Athens, Ga.,
Dec. 18th, 1865.

Born Athens, Ga.,
Nov. 12th, 1867.

Born Athens, Ga.,
Nov. 24th, 1869.

Born Athens, Ga.,
Aug. 27th, 1872.

Born Athens, Ga.,
April 5th, 1877.

Born Aug. 13th, 1857.

Dec. 16th, 1879, Blakely, Ga.

Died Jan. 18th, 1900.

Born Jan. 13th, 1881.
Born Dec. 30th, 1883.
Born Jan. 13th, 1881.

Jan. 23rd, 1907.
Born Oct. 8th, 1878.
Born Dec. 16th, 1907.
Died Dec. 17th, 1907.
Wilhelmina Cyllene Bonner, Born Oct. 23rd, 1909.
Alice Henrietta Bonner, Born June 25th, 1912.
Margaret Frances Bonner, Born Oct, 21st, 1914.
John Wyatt Bonner, Jr., Bom Sept. 14th, 1917.
Mary Ellen Bonner, Born Sept. 17th, 1919.

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(b) James Henry Beusse,

Married

Mary Fletcher Smith,

Children : James Henry Bensse,
(b) Second Marriage to
Birdie Nelson,

(2) Rosa B. Bensse,

Married

Joseph A. Munday.

Children :

Lnla Menecies Mnnday,

Rosa Mnnday,

Berta Mnnday,

Joseph A. Mnnday, Jr.,

Lula Menecies Munday,
Married

John Austin Henderson,
Children :

John Nevitt Henderson,
William Bruce Henderson,
Rosa Munday,

Married

John Nevitt Owen,

(3) Wilhelmina M. Beusse,

(4) Henry H. Beusse,

(5) Clarissa Catharine Beusse,

Married

William F. Dorsey,

Children :

Son,

Ida Marguerite Dorsey,

Annie B. Dorsey,

Wm. F. Dorsey, Jr.,

Ida Marguerite Dorsey,
Married

James Richard Gray, Jr.,
Children :

James Richard Gray, III,

Cathrine Dorsey Gray,
May Inman Gray,

James Richard Gray, Jr.,
Annie B. Dorsey,

Married

John R. Northcuttt,

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Born Dec. 30th, 1883.

June 4th, 1913.
Born July 21st, 1884.
Died Dec. 9th, 1918.
Jr., Born Aug. 1st, 1914.
March 5th, 1920.
Born Jan. 27th.

Born Jan. 30th, 1860.

March 20t.h, 1877.
Died Sept. 30th, 1885.

Born Jan. 5th, 1878.
Born Sept. 1st, 1881.
Died in infancy.
Died in infancy.
Born Jan. 5th, 1878.

July 31st, 1909.
Born Oct. 3rd, 1875.

Born Oct, 16th, 1910.
Born May 12th, 1913.
Born Sept. 1st, 1881.
June 5th, 1907.
Born Sept. 19th, 1881.
Born Nov. 14th, 1861.
Died Aug. 5th, 1864.
Born Dec. 29th, 1863.
Died Oct. 6th, 1864.
Born Dec. 29th, 1863.
July 14th, 1886.
Born Jan. 8th, 1862.

Born Feb. 27th, 1888.
Died Feb. 27th, 1888.
Born Oct. 9th, 1890.
Born Sept. 30th, 1892.
Born Aug. 1.5th, 1903.
Died July 17th, 1904.
Born Oct. 9th, 1890.

Sept. 18th, 1912.
Born Feb. 28th, 1890.

Born Jan. 12th, 1914.
Died Feb. 2nd, 1917.
Born March 15th, 1916.
Born Dec. 15th, 1917.
Born June 29th, 1922.
Born Sept. 30th, 1892.

Feb. 19th, 1912.
Born Oct. 8th, 1889.

Children :

Frances Dorsey Northcuttt, Born Dec. 1st,

John R. Northcutt, Jr.,
Ann Floyd Northcutt,

(6) Jesse Hoyt Beusse,

Married

Jessie Middlebrooks,

Children :

Jesse Hoyt Beusse,

Jessie Henrietta Beusse,
Thomas Clarence Beusse,
Ruth Middlebrooks Beusse,

(7) Alice H. Beusse,

Married

Clarence 0. Adams,

(8) Annie S. Beusse,

Married

William P. Briggs,

Children :

One Son,

Alice Keene Briggs,
William Prescott Briggs,
One Son,

Henry Peeples Briggs,

Alice Keene Briggs,

Married

Wilkerson Coachman Wardlaw,
William Prescott Briggs,
Married

Ruby Lynne Durrette.

(9) Henry W. Beusse,

Married
Lena Gibson.

(10) Carlton Gerdts Beusse,

Married
Flonnie Collins,

Children :

Allie Dorsey Beusse, •

Rosina Dodgen Beusse,

Born March 15th,
Born April 22nd,

Born Dec. 18th,
Nov. 15th,
Born July 24th,

Born Dec. 16th,
Died Dec. 16th,
Born Sept. 8th,
Born March 31st,
Born April 14th,

Born Dec. 18th,
Dec. 17th,
Born May 29th,
Died June 5th,

Born Nov. 12th,
April 24th,
Born May 13th,

Born Feb. 24th,
Died Feb. 24th,
Born Oct. 17th,
Born Nov. 27th,
Born April 23rd,
Died April 23rd,
Born July 18th,
Born Oct. 17th,
Oct. 28th,
Born Dec. 10th,
Born Nov. 27th,
July 19 th,

Born Nov. 24th,
Jan. 14th,

Born Aug. 27th,
Died Dec. 30th,
Nov. 28th,
Born Nov. 17th,

Born Oct. 29th,
Born Nov. 2nd,

Died Aug. 30th, 1905, Columbia,
Carlton Gerdts Beusse, Born Aug. 13th,

Died May 24th,

1912.

1914.

1917.

1865.

1899.
1875.

1900.
1900.
1903.

1907.
1914.

1865.

1890.

1863.

1897.

1867.

1888.

1858.

1889.

1889.

1890.
1893.
1900.
1900.
1914.
1890.
1914.
1879.
1893.

1919.

1869.

1908.

1872.

1912.

1900.
1872.

1901.
1903.
S. C.
1906.

1920.

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Mr. and Mrs. Heinrich W. D. Beusse, Ottensen, Germany

William Wallace Evans
Marion County, S. C.

W. P. Briggs

Thomas Elder Middlebrooks
In his 83rd year.

Henry Marshall Beusse,
James Milton Beusse,
(11) Fred M. Beusse,

Lives in New Orleans.

Born Nov. 19th, 1908.
Born Nov. 3rd, 1911.
Born April 5th, 1877.

FAMILY OF FREDERIKE WILHELMINE ELEONORE BEUSSE
DAUGHTER OF DIEDRICH HINRICH BEUSSE. ’

Born Dec. 10th, 1831.
Died Sept. 2nd, 1892.

Frederike "W ilhelmine Eleonore Beusse,
Married

Hermann Tiemann,

Children :

(1) Alma Tiemann,

(2) Helene Tiemann,

(3) Minna Tiemann,

(4) Alice Tiemann,

(5) Hermann Tiemann,

(1) Alma Tiemann,

Born Jan. 16th, 1828.
Died May 12th, 1905.

Born Oct. 14th, 1859.
Born June 5th, 1862.
Born March 1st, 1864.

Born Dec. 8th, 1866.
Born June 21st, 1868.
Born Oct. 14th, 1859.

Lives in Hamburg as Music Teacher, (Piano)

(2) Helen Tiemann,

Married
Johannes Peter Wiecker,

Lives in Hamburg, widow, no children.

(3) Minna Tiemann,

Never married.

(4) Alice Tiemann,

(5) Hermann Tiemann,

Married

Martha Schauer,

Children :

Paul Tiemann

Born June 5th, 1862.

Born May 11th, 1855.
Died Dec. 20th, 1906.

Born March 1st, 1864.
Died Sept. 19th, 1907.

Born Dec. 8th, 1866.
Died March 27th, 1884.
Born June 21st, 1868.

Born June 25th, 1870.
Died Aug. 19th, 1913.

Born April 25th, 1896.

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Is engaged, not yet married, to Athilde Lemboke.
Oskar Tiemann, Born May 19th, 1898.

Married

(Ada) Anna Walter.

FAMILY OF JOHANN HINRICH ULRICH BEUSSE, SON OF

DIEDRICH HINRICH BEUSSE.

Johann Hinrich Ulrich Beusse, Born Nov. 4th, 1833.

Died Feb. 22nd, 1900.
Sept. 21st, 1864.

Married

Amande Johanna Christaine Struck, Born, 1843.

Children :

Wilhelm Beusse, Born Nov. 29th, 1865.

Anna Wilhelmine Eleonore (called Minna) Beusse,

Born Oct. 16th, 1868.
Martha Ottilie Caroline Beusse, Born March 5th, 1870.
Wilhelm Beusse, Born Nov. 29th, 1865.

Married

Lives in Hamburg.

Children :

Two sons fallen in the World War.

One son. Lives.

One daughter. Married.

Anna Wilhelmine Eleonore Beusse, Born Oct. 16th, 1868.

Married
Herman Wild.

Children :

One daughter.

Martha Otillie Caroline Beusse, Born March 5th, 1870.
Not married.

Lives with sister, Anna Wilhelmine in Hamburg.

Life of J CSS0 1 1 • Bcuscs

Born on Oconee Street in Athens, Georgia, December 18th, 1865,
having a twin sister whose name was Alice Henrietta Beusse.

Started to school at six years of age to Miss Bessie Waddell,
daughter of Professor Waddell of the State University, located in
Athens, Ga. Went to school to her for two years. Went to school
one year to Professor Murray and the next six years to one of the
ablest teachers ever in Athens, Mr. A. M. Scudder. During vaca¬
tion time my father kept me in the store and sometimes sent me
to the plantation, and once in a while gave me a day off. I lived to
tell my father that he did the best thing for me that could have
been done in keeping me busy. Through his efforts there was in¬
stilled in me valuable business qualifications.

At 16 years of age I went to work for my father, as I did not
want to take a college education. For four years I studied hard at
night and went to a gymnasium school at night for four }^ears.

In 1882 I went to work for Col. S. C. Dobbs, who ran a general
store on Broad Street, Athens, Ga., and stayed with him eight years,
and from there went to G. H. Hulme Co., in 1890, stayed with these
people twelve years as a traveling salesman. Started my career as
a traveling salesman, March 5th, 1884, for S. C. Dobbs, and have
been a traveling salesman as well as looking after my own business
doing the traveling for the firms I am engaged in.

I am a director and stockholder in The Webb-Crawford Co., w ho
bought out and reorganized the old Webb & Crawford Co., in 1911.
They deal in wholesale groceries and feed stuff, and do a business
of about five million per annum. Also President and stockholder
in Gainesville Roller Mills of Gainesville, Ga. Also President and
stockhoder of Bason Metals Mining Corporation of Ouray, Utah.
This corporation is capitalized at four hundred thousand dollars.
Am also half owmer of the Hodgson Bros. Co., Distributors, of Ath¬
ens, Ga. These people are distributors of heavy groceries and feed.
I am also half owner of Pitner & Beusse, Merchandise Brokers of
Athens, Ga. Both Hodgson Bros. Co. and Pitner & Beusse wTere
organized in 1911. In the year 1919 Pitner & Beusse did a business
of six and one quarter million dollars, Hodgson Bros. Co. did a
business of over three million dollars.

Pitner & Beusse also have a branch office of the brokerage busi¬
ness at Macon, Ga. I am also a landowner in Oconee County, Ga.,
and run a large farm and have for the last twenty-five years.

I served in the State Mililia and have service bars from the State
of Georgia for 31% years of service, also served as a volunteer and
was appointed Captain of Company G., 2nd Georgia Regiment of
Infantry Volunteers during the Spanish-American War. Was en-

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listed April 28th, 1898, and mustered out of service Nov. 30th,
1898. My discharge papers showed that my service had been effi¬
cient in every respect. While stationed at Tampa, Florida, there
was a big riot at Yebor City, caused by colored and some white
soldiers, which was subdued by the 2nd Battalion, Major E. H.
Almond in command ; Capt. A. J. Renkl, of Augusta, Ga., Company
E. ; Capt. J. H. Beusse, of Athens, Ga., Company G. ; Capt. W. W.
Frye, of Augusta, Ca., Company C. ; Capt. Walter Perkins, of Rome,
Ga., Company H., and about four hundred privates. At the end of
the fray there were about 356 colored and white soldiers locked up,
and it was reported that there were eleven colored people killed.
Following this riot the 2nd Georgia Infantry was kept at Yebor City
on guard for several months, which was as hard service as some who
went to Cuba saw. I served as Aide-de-Camp on the staff of Hon.
Hoke Smith as a Lieutenant Colonel during both his terms as Gov¬
ernor of Georgia, after this I was put on the retired list of State
Troops of Georgia as a Lieut. Colonel.

I have never held a political office for the reason that I never
wanted one.

As to religion, I am a Presbyterian, who believes in Jesus Christ,
Ihe Son of the Father, who was crucified on Calvary. My belief in
Him is as true as anyone’s, and I try to serve Him in every way I
know how. I joined the Presbyterian church when I was 19 years
old, and for the last six years have been a Deacon of The First
Presbyterian church of Athens, Ga., and for the last four years,
Secretary and Treasurer of The First Presbyterian Sunday School.

My favorite pursuits are work and being with my family. Work,
not only for myself, but for the good of others.

As to my dominating personal characteristics, I will let some
other person states these facts and attach to this.

I was married to Jessie Middlebrooks, November 15th, 1899, at
Farmington, Ga. Since that time we have resided in my native
town of Athens, Ga. We have had four children to bless our
union, three still living, one boy and two girls. Attached you will
find a list showing names of the children and dates of their birth.

As to politics, I am a Democrat, but above all, an American
Citizen and I believe in One God, One Country, and One Flag.

I belong to the following secret societies: Masonic Lodge, Mt.
Vernon Lodge No. 22 F. & A. M. I am also a Knight of Pythias,
also belong to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Also a
member of the Old Guard of Atlanta, noted for its military record
and social side of life. Also a member of the U. C. T. Classic City
Lodge of Athens, Ga.

March 14th 1923.

NEW COMMITTEE NAMED.

The following new democratic executivve committee for the dist¬
rict was announced by Chairman Stone :

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MERCIES UN85EY EVANS
AT AGE Of 1.9

HENRY BEUSSE
AT AGE OF 29

HENRY BEU5SE

AT AGE OF 64-

IN HER S4FHYFAR.

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MRS J.H BEUSSE

cl. H. BEUSSE

ATHENS, GA 4-12-23 ^ss.f Vixmzwtois

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JESSIE HENRIETTA BEUSSE

^ Clarke, J. H. Beusse; Elbert, M. E. Maxwell; Franklin, E. W.
C°mer ; Greene, H. F. Hurt; Hart, Wm. M. Bryan; Madison, Stone¬
wall Carmichael; Morgan, E. Roy Lambert; Newton, Robert Fowler;
Oconee, W. Shannon Elder ; Oglethorpe, W. E. Patman ; Putnam,

W. F. Davison; Walton, John T. Robinson; Wilkes, James G.
Wright.

Judge Thomas nominated Mr. Tribble and asked that the nomi¬
nation be unanimous. Several members of the convention seconded
the nomination in brief speeches, complimentary and commendatory
of the congressman. The vote was taken and Mr. Tribble was
unanimously re-nominated.

A committee escorted him to the room, notified him of his re-
nomination and Capt .Beusse introduced him characteristically:
‘‘Boys, here’s Sam.”

Mr. Tribble accepted the nomination in a speech of less than
thirty minutes. He said that he felt unworthy of the great con¬
fidence reposed; that he appreciated the trust and asked the dele¬
gates to carry back home his deepest gratitude for the continued
confidence of the people of the district.

August 16th, 1916, Athens, Ga.

Sept. 1st, 1922.

To Whom It May Concern : —

I take great pleasure in making a statement concerning my warm
personal friend, Captain J. H. Beusse. I have known him for
nearly sixteen years, and a part of that time I have known him
intimately, and I have formed my judgment of him from my close,
careful and personal observation of him and association with him.

1. Captain Beusse is striking in personal appearance ; tall and
straight and neat in his carriage. He has the manners and polite¬
ness of a Chesterfield ; and he is genial and affable and kind in every
way to the rich and the poor, to the white and the black. I regard
him as a gentleman of the Old School.

2. Captain Beusse is a Christian. He is full of zeal and enthusiasm
in anything that he goes into, and this zeal and enthusiasm has been
consecrated to the service of God and His Church. He is always
at Sunday School, where he holds an official position ; and is always
at the Church Service, where he serves as a Deacn and Usher. He
is thoughtful and kind in all of his relationship to the pastor and
members of the Church, and has been unceasing in his attentions
to the interest of the Church. I regard him as one of the sanest
and most conscientious members of the First Presbyterian Church
of Athens.

3. Captain Beusse is a man full of courage and conscience and
sanity; and is a blessing to this community.

Signed, E. L. HILL.

Oct. 18th, 1922.

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We have heard with the greatest regret that Mr. Beusse intends
to give up his position as Secretary of the Sunday School.

We have never had a secretary in the history of the school wTho
was so faithful and so efficient. The difficult work of the office
has been done perfectly, and very much of the success of the
school has been due to it. We feel that it would be nothing short of
a calamity for him to press his resignation, and we, therefore beg
him to withdraw it, and continue to render this important service.

(Signed) E. L. HILL, Pastor.

J. A. MORTON, Supt.

A. P. WINSTON, Asst. Secty.

Teachers: Julia Rush Walden, Mrs. Eustace M. Stevens, W. D.
Hooper, Mrs. J. Audley Morton, Mrs. W. H .Bocock, E. Howard
Scott, Eunice M. Palmer, Mrs. Paul Holliday, Mrs. J. L. Goetchus,
Mrs. E. L. Hill, Susan Scudder, Nina Scudder, Mrs. Thos. Stanley,
Dwight Ryther, Caroline S. Walden, Mrs. C. B. Daniels, Olive
Marion.

The First Presbyterian Sunday School, Athens, Ga.

Resignation withdrawn. Still serving as Secretary.

DOMINANT PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS.

The undersigned for a number of years have been associated with
Mr. Jesse Hoyt Beusse, having worked in his office for some seven or
eight years and have known him intimately for twenty years and
he is known and loved by everyone for his genial and charming
personality.

His face is an open book, revealing the true character of the
man within. As a worker he is his own hardest master, working
with a vim to accomplish his task.

He is sympathetic and never turns a deaf ear to a fellow-man in
trouble. As an employer he is always fair, always just, and
always a friend of those who are in his employ.

As a friend there is none truer than he. His love for his friends
is only exceeded by his love for his Master and Lord.

As a father and husband he is loving, sympathetic, jovial and
it is an enjoyable sight to behold him with his family gathered
about him, joining in the games of his children, contributing to
their joy and pleasure, and he is, too, a lovable companion to his
dear wife.

L. L. STAPLETON,

H. B. WILHITE.

July 27th, 1922.

CAPT. JESSE HOYT BEUSSE.

“A good name is better than precious oils.”

I do not know Capt. J. H. Beusse as Jesse Hoyt Beusse. I have

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known him from his infancy and called him what his older sister
called him — “Bud.” There’s magic in the word. It was intended
for “Little Brother,” but Bud Beusse has been a big brother to
all who know him. He’s a whole fraternity of Big Brothers in
himself.

His ways are a sermon on sincerity, and his deeds are the deeds
of righteousness.

I am not related to Bud Beusse. I do not belong to his church;
I can speak from the “vantage ground of absolute independence.”

In his youth he displayed a lasting developmentt of character,
patriotism, and business acumen, that has made him prominent
among men. In his manhood, whether in time of war or peace, he
was in the forefront of that activity which stood for the welfare
of his country and the people he loved and who loved him.

He has made a success in business, that is small in comparison
with the success he has made in the development of his city and
state, and even that is small in comparison with the unselfish life
he has led in lifting those who were about to fall, comforting those
whose lives had become almost faithless and hopeless.

More men like Bud Beusse would turn a barren desert into an
Eden. Here’s to his health and continued prosperity. May he live
long and continue to make others happy.

M. G. MICHAEL.

PITNER AND BEUSSE
Merchandise Brokers
Athens, Georgia

August 8th, 1922.

To Whom It May Concern:

Having known Capt. J. H. Beusse, all my life, being about ten
years his junior, I feel that I am in position to know his personal
characteristics, and am free to express myself regarding this noble
character, as follows.

1st. He is honest, upright and truthful in all his dealings, always
ready and willing to meet his fellow-man half way in any kind of
proposition.

2nd. He is generous, in fact, the most generous character I have
ever known, both in his Christian life and his business life.

3rd. He is not addicted to liquors, wines and women, as he has
no time for anything except his religious duties, his family and
his business.

I could say more, but think I have covered the ground fully in
a few words.

Very truly,

WALTER C. PITNER.

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THE KING-HODGSON COMPANY
Wholesale and Retail Grocers.

Farm Supplies.

Athens, Ga., Oct. 25th, 1922.

To Whom It May Concern :

I take great pleasure in giving expression to my appreciation of
Jesse Hoyt Beusse, whom I have known all his life. Our parents
were close and most friendly neighbors, in the good old days, when
the word “Neighbor” meant something far more than it does now.

“Bud,” as we always knew him, was born on Oconee Street,
within a stones throw of my boyhood and young manhood home.
His father, Captain Henry Beusse, was a sailor and Captain of the
Pioneer Hook and Ladder Company for a number of years, and was
known as a “Forty Niner, ” having visited California during the
“Gold Fever” of that day. He came back to Athens and married
Miss Menecies Evans and spent his married days on Oconee Street.
“Bud” grew into manhood almost by my side. He was some years
younger. He did not seek a college education, but as quite a young
man he went to work. I think he began service with Col. S. C.
Dobbs, and soon became a traveling salesman and has travelled
ever since.

He has been a faithful and dutiful son and has followed in the
footsteps of his father, who was a Deacon and Treasurer of our
Presbyterian Church for a number of years. I am more than
proud to tell of his faithfulness and activity in the church and
Sunday school. He is a hearty good fellow, agreeable manners,
rather outspoken at times. He is steadfast and dependable, and a
good cheerful friend.

He is a good business man and has attained an enviable success.

I love to talk to him because he seems so strong and frank, and
he does not fail to acknowledge his allegiance to Christ.

He has no patience with deceit in any form.

“Bud” was mighty lucky in marrying a fine wife and help-mate
and has three fine children that he is raising and giving them every
educational advantage and every home attraction.

I esteem him as a warm friend, and a very useful citizen, both in
church and state.

When I do something that is not pleasant and agreeable to him,
I expect him to come to me and tell me about it. I sincerely wish
for him the old darkies saying:

“Possum and taters when you are hungry,

Good simmon beer when you are dry,

Money when you are hard up,

And Heaven when you die.”

Sincerely,

J. M. HODGSON.

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Athens, Ga., March 9th, 1923.

To Whom It May Concern:

I have known Captain Jesse H. Beusse personally and intimately
for more than thirty-five years, we lived very near each other as
boys, we were connected with the same business concern in this
city for maany years and I have had most excellent opportunity
to see him from every angle, as a young man, as a beginner in busi¬
ness, as a most unusual son, giving the most extraordinary care and
attention to his parents throughout their entire life, as a splendid
husband and father, and have watched his career with much interest
as he has rapidly climbed the ladder of success until he is now one
of our best known, universally loved and substantial citizens, he
having become one of our strongest financial men, at the head of
one of our leading business concerns, having amassed a good for¬
tune, at the same time holding the absolute confidence and esteem
of every man with whom he has come in contact through all the
years.

His record in Athens has been most remarkable in many respects,
and no man stands higher, holds the absolute confidence of the
business public with whom he has been associated, and if he has an
enemy on earth I have never heard of it, for he is so universally
straightforward, kind, liberal, and magnanimous in all his dealings
that no one could ever find fault or occasion to criticise any of his
actions, and every man, woman and child in our city is his friend,
and deservedly so.

It means much for a young man to start in his home town where
he was born and reared, build up such a splendid reputation, at the
same time amassing a comfortable fortune, and hold the confidence
and personal good will of his friends and acquaintances reaching
middle life with friends by the thousands and no enemies, but this
is exactly what he has done, and it is indeed a source of genuine
pleasure to me, who have known him so intimately during all of
these years to bear witness to him as a man, a business man, a
soldier, a dutiful son, a loving husband, a tender father, and from
every standpoint a splendid type of a high toned Christian Gentle¬
man.

Among my entire circle of acquaintances I can think of no other
man of whom I could truthfully make all of these statements and
I consider myself indeed fortunate in having enjoyed his acquaint¬
ance, his friendship and his confidence throughout the many years
which I have known him.

Yours very truly,

MARTIN J. ABNEY.

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Muster Roll, Co. G, S.-A. War

MUSTER OUT ROLL OF COMPANY G, (COLOR COMPANY)
SECOND REGIMENT OF GEORGIA INFANTRY VOLUN¬
TEERS, COMMANDED BY COLONEL OSCAR J. BROWN
CALLED INTO THE SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES
BY THE PRESIDENT AT GRIFFIN, GA. THE COMPANY
WAS ORGANIZED BY CAPTAIN JESSE HOYT BEUSSE
AT ATHENS, GEORGIA. AND GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA,
DURING THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.

Rank.

Jesse II. Beusse, Captain.

Carl. A. VonderLeith, 1st. Lt.
William R. Chambers, 2nd Lt.
Herschel Carithers, 1st, Sgt.
James W. Robinson, Q. M. Sgt.
Thos. H. Harris, Sgt.

Geo. E. Pilgrim, Sgt.

Chas. N. Hodgson, Sgtt.

Francis II. N. Houser, Sgt.
Walton V. Wall, Corp’l.

James R. Grant, Corp’l.

Walter E. Jackson, Corp’l.

Jno. H. Street, Corp’l.

Thos. A. Witcher, Corp’l.

Jas. R. Jones, Musician.

Harley C. Williams, Musician.
William W. Rawson, Artificer.
Fred T. Moon, Waggoner.
Howard C. Ash, Private.

Robt. F. Autry, Private.

Curtiss Arnett, Private.

Paul B. Brantley, Private.

John C. Briscoe, Private.

James A. Browning, Private.
Thomas A. Bennett, Private.
Henry W. Beusse, Private.

Fred Beusse, Private.

Jas. C. Brock, Private.

M. P. Bancroft, Private.

M. A. Buchanon, Private.

Calvin V. Chandler, Private.

0. G. Chandler, Private.

Enlisted by

Capt. S. C. Mills, 12th U. S. In.

Capt. S. C. Mills.
Capt. S. C. Mills.
Capt. S. C. Mills.
Capt. S. C. Mills.
Capt. S. C. Mills.
Capt. S. C. Mills.

Capt. Renkl.
Capt. S. C. Mills.
Capt. S. C. Mills.
Capt. S. C. Mills.
Capt. S. C. Mills.
Capt. S. C. Mills.

Capt. Renkl.
Capt. S. C. Mills.
Capt. S. C. Mills.
Capt. S. C. Mills.
Capt. S. C. Mills.
Capt. S. C. Mills.
Capt. Renkl.
Capt. Renkl.
Capt. S. C. Mills.
Capt. Scurvill, 12th, U. S. Inf.

Capt. S. C. Mills.
Capt. S. C. Mills.
Capt. S. C. Mills.

Capt. Renkl.
Capt. S. C. Mills.
Capt. Renkl.
Capt. Renkl.
Capt. S. C. Mills.
Capt. Renkl.

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Roy B. Chaney, Private.

John Childers, Private.

Thos. W. Collier, Private.

Isaac J. B. Dottery, Private.
Lamar L. Dottery, Private.

Jno. C. Dennard, Private.

Articus J. Dickens, Private.

Thos. S. Dobbs, Private.

Wm. B. Dobbs, Private.

James H. Edwards, Private.
Thomas Eberhardt, Private.
Stephen Eaves, Private.

Jas. L. Frierson, Private.

Hugh C. Fowler, Private.

William S. Guest. Private.

Dock P. Harper, Private.

Jas. B. Henderson, Private.

Jno. E. Harris, Private.

Roy H. Ham, Private.

Dempsey E. Hodges, Private.
Emory Hancock, Private.

Jas. T. Hargrove, Jr., Private.
Jos. J. Hunter, Private.

Stoy Jackson, Private.

Swepson H. Jenkins, Private.
Yerby E. Johnson, Private.

Jno. H. Joyner, Private.

Jno. E. Kinney, Private.

Chas. Kloeckler, Private.

Merton M. Lawson, Private.
Clarence W. Muse, Private.

Ben H. Merck, Private.

Hardy Montgomery, Private.

Jno. W. Mappin, Private.
Alexander Macky, Private.

Jas. S. McConnell, Private.
Bertney F. McDonald, Jr., Private.
Wescomb J. Nichols, Private.
Thomas R. Nichols, Private.

Asa J. Nuse, Private.

Wm. J. Owens, Private.

Benj. H. Parr, Private.

Emory S. Patat, Private.

Oscar E. Riley, Private.

John Riley, Private.

Leonard C. Rhodes, Private.
Dozier J. Smith, Private.

Capt. S. C. Mills.
Capt. S. C. Mills.

Capt. Renkl.
Capt. S. C. Mills.

Capt. Kenkl.
Capt. S. C. Mills.
Capt. Renkl.
Capt. Renkl.
Capt. Renkl
Capjt. S. C. Mills.
Capt. S. C. Mills.

Capt. Renkl.
Capt. S. C. Mills.
Capt. S. C. Mills.

Capt. Renkl.
Capt. S. C. Mills.
Capt. S. C. Mills.
Capt. S. C. Mills.
Capt. S. C. Mills.
Capt. S. C. Mills.
Capt. S. C. Mills.
Capt. S. C. Mills.

Capt. Renkl.
Capt. S. C. Mills.
Capt. S. C. Mills.
Capt. S. C. Mills.
Capt. S. C. Mills.
Capt. S. C. Mills.
Capt. S. C. Mills.
Capt. S. C. Mills.
Capt. S. C. Mills.
Capt. S. C. Mills.
Capt. S. C. Mills.
Capt. Renkl.
Capt. Renkl.
Capt. S. C. Mills.
Capt. S. C. Mills.
Capt. S. C. Mills.
Capt. S. C. Mills.
Capt. Renkl.
Capt. Renkl.
Capt. Renkl.
Capt. S. C. Mills.
Capt. S. C. Mills.

Capt. Renkl.
Capt. S. C. Mills.
Capt. S. C. Mills.

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Garnett W. Save, Private.

Albert Simpson, Private.

W. Edwin Sorrough, Private.
Alonzo E. Weatherford, Private.
Charlie Wood, Private.

Arnold Worley, Private.

Geo. D. Webb, Private.

Abb. P. Wofford, Private.

Jno. F. Williams, Private.

Fred H. Wade, Private.

DISCHARGED
Name Rank

•Fas. G. Bright, Private.

Earnest F. Gross, Private.

Rufus F. Christy, Private.

Homer M. Chamblee, Private.
Abner Bradley, Private.

Paul Hall, Private.

William P. Green, Private.

Chas. A. Carter, Private.

Wm. C. Turner, Private.

Robt. Lee Gordon, Private.

Capt. S. C Mills.
Capt. S. C. Mills.

Capt. Renkl.
Capt. S. C. Mills.

Lt. Summers.
Capt. S. C. Mills.
Capt. S. C. Mills.
Capt. S. C. Mills.
Capt. S. C. Mills.
Capt. Renkl.

(By Order)

By Whom At

Capt. S. C. Mills, Tampa, Fla.
Capt. S. C. Mills, Tampa, Fla.
Capt. S. C. Mills, Tampa, Fla.
Capt. S. C. Mills, Tampa, Fla.
Capt. S. C. Mills, Tampa, Fla.
Capt. S. C. Mills, Tampa, Fla.
Capt. S. C. Mills, Tampa, Fla.
Capt. S. C. Mills, Huntsville, Ala.
Capt. S. C. Mills, Atlanta, Ga.
Capt. S. C. Mills, Atlanta, Ga.

DISCHARGED (For Disability)

Nevill C. O’Dell, Private. Capt. S. C. Mills, Huntsville, Ala.

TRANSFERRED.

Henry N. Owens, Private. Transferred to Hospital Corps.

David A. Vason, Private. Transferred to Hospital Corps.

Theodore E. Barber, Private. Transferred to 2nd Ga. Vol. Inf. Band.

Marcus M. Gholston, Corp’l.
Wm. J. Kenvon, Private.
Arthur J. Marcker, Private.
Jno. B. Waldrup, Private.
Sami. J. Daniel, Private.
Cicero C. Andrews, Private.
Thos. D. Tolbert, Private.
Wm. L. Briant, Private.
Fred Seagraves, Private.

Transferred to 3rd Ga. Vol. Inf.
Transferred to 3rd Ga. Vol. Inf.
Transferred to 3rd Ga. Vol. Inf.
Transferred to 3rd Ga. Vol. Inf.
Transferred to 3rd Ga. Vol. Inf.
Transferred to 3rd Ga. Vol. Inf.
Transferred to 3rd Ga. Vol. Inf.
Transferred to 3rd Ga. Vol. Inf.
Transferred to 3rd Ga. Vol. Inf.

Tennie W. Crow, Private. Transferred to 3rd U. S. Vol. Engineers.
Eugene B. Frientker, Pvt. Transferred to 3rd U. S. Vol. Engineers.

DIED (Of Disease)

Nathaniel Adams, Private. Died of chloroform anesthesia.

John P. Wood, Private. Killed by pistol shot at Athens, Ga.

RECORD OF EVENTS WHICH MAY BE NECESSARY OR USE¬
FUL FOR FUTURE REFERENCE AT THE WAR DEPARTMENT.

In camp at State Camp at Griffin, Ga., from date of muster in
until May 21, 1898, when under telegraphic orders from the Secre-

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HOME OF J.H.BEU5SE 634 PRINCE AVE. ATHENS C.A.

W. F. DORSEY

MRS. W. F. DORSEY if

Nee CtAftiSSA Butsse

X

ALBIMUS EVANS BEUSSE

Igfl

iJSSm
' H * ’ *

ill

JH

Mrs. W. P. Briggs
Nee Annie S. Beusse

Mrs. J. A. Munday
Nee Rosa B. Beusse

Mrs. Clarence O. Adams

C. O. Adams Nee Alice Henrietta Beusse

Athens, Georgia

tary of War, broke camp and proceeded to Tampa ,Fla., arriving
there on May 22nd, 1898. On June 6, 1898, the Company, together
with Companies C. E. and H., 2nd Ga. Yol. Inf., under command
of Maj. Almond, per orders from Headquarters 2nd Division, 4th
Army Corps, marched to Ybor City, Fla., a distance of 2 miles, to
quell a riot, remained about twelve hours and order having been
restored, marched back to camp.

In camp at Palmetto Beach, near Tampa, Fla., from May 22nd,
1898, until July 22nd, 1898, when under orders from the War De¬
partment, broke camp and marched to Camp Rogers, near Tampa,
Fla., arriving there 6:30 P. M. same date. Remained at Camp
Rogers until 8:30 A. M. July 24th, 1898, when we broke camp and
marched to Tampa Heights, near Tampa, Fla., distance V/2 miles,
arriving there same morning, remained in camp there until 5:30
o’clock P. M., August 18th, 1898, when we broke camp and marched
to F. C. & P. Railway depot at Ybor City, Fla., distance 2 y2 miles.
Departed at 4:20 o’clock P. M., August 19th, 1898, arrived Hunts¬
ville, Ala., August 20, 1898, 11 P. M. Camped at Camp Wheeler
near Huntsville, Ala., August 21st, 1898. Remained in camp there
until September 21, 1898, when under orders from the War De¬
partment broke camp and departed on the Southern Railway for
Atlanta — distance 233 miles — arriving in Atlanta, Ga., Sept. *22nd,
1898 and marched to Piedmont Park near Atlanta. Ga. — distance
marched, 3 miles, and camped. The Company was on furlough
from Oct. 5th, 1898 to Nov. 4th, 1898.

Pen. G. 0. No. 130 A. G. O. and mustered out Nov. 30th, 1898.

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Sketches of Members of Families

DORSEY.

William F. Drsey was born in Hall County, Ga., January 8th,
1862, and moved to Athens, Ga., July 24th, 1878.

He went into the grocery business with his uncle, E. H. Dorsey,
under the firm name of E. H. & W. F. Dorsey. Their store, in
1882 to 1884, was located in the triangular block at the intersection
of Oconee and Broad streets. They did a fine business. In January,
1884, they dissolved the grocery business and William F. Dorsey
went into the furniture business under the name of Edge & Dorsey,
and he is still engaged in the furniture business under the name of
Dorsey Furniture Company, one of the largest furniture houses in
the south.

It has been my pleasure to know him since his arrival in Athens
in 1878. We have been close friends. He married my sister,
Clarissa Catherine Beusse, July 14, 1886. He is one of the best
husbands and most indulgent fathers I have ever known, and he has
a happy family.

He has the following record since coming to Athens to make
his home :

He served as Captain of Hope Volunteer Fire Company.

He served as Captain of Pioneer Reel Company No. 5.

He served as Chief of the Volunteer Fire Department.

He served as Chairman of the Clarke County Democratic Execu¬
tive Committee.

He served as Alderman of the City of Athens.

He served as Mayor Pro-Tern.

He served as Mayor of Athens three terms.

He is a Director of the Athens Mattress Co.

He was President of The Athens Daily Newrs during its life.

He is Chairman of the Board of Directors of The Athens Gas
Light & Fuel Co.

He was President of the Chamber of Commerce.

He was President of the Kiwanis Club.

He was Worshipful Master of Mt. Vernon Lodge No. 22 F. & A.
M. for 11 years.

He was Commander of the Godfrey DeBoulion Commandery.

He was District Deputy of the Eighth Masonic District.

He has served as President of the Board of Directors of the
Masonic Temple Association.

He is a good citizen and believes in God and has a Christian heart
for his fellowman.

March 20th, 1923.

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JOHN R. NORTHCUTT’S MILITARY RECORD.

Enlisted First Officers Training Camp, Ft. McPherson, Ga., May
Uth, 1917.

Commissioned Captain of Infantry, Augustt 14th, 1917.

Stationed at Camp Gordon, Georgia, until May 11th, 1918.

Stationed Camp Mills, Long Island, May 14th, until May 18th,
1918. Sailed on “Louisville” May 19th from Hoboken, N. J. Ar¬
rived France June 3rd, 1918.

Served with 307th Ammunition Train of 82nd Division at Toul,
Marbache, St. Mihiel and Meuse Argon battles.

Arrived Brooklyn, N. Y., May 12th, 1919. Discharged at Camp
Gordon, Ga., June 12th, 1919.

MIDDLEBROOKS.

Thomas Elder Middlebrooks, who is now living, and is 83 years
of age, but who looks like a man of 60, was a Confederate soldier
and lost his leg in the battle of Griswoldvville, Ga., near Macon, Ga.,
November 22nd, 1864, when Sherman was marching through Geor¬
gia, in one of the last battles of the Confederacy.

He has been successful as a business man and is a big land owner
and one of the best men in Georgia.

His wife, who was LaNette Hillsman, is still living and is a
devoted wife and mother. They have the following children, all
living :

Marilu, who married Claude H. Cox.

Flora, who married Dr. R. Y. Harris, of Savannah.

Jessie, who married J. H. Beusse.

Guy, who married Claire Stovall.

Dr. Chester O., who is not married.

Ruth, who married Andrew Hogue, and is living in West Virginia.

Tom, who married Winfield Nisbet, a lawyer of Macon, Ga.

GREAT GRANDFATHER OF MRS. JESSE HOYT BEUSSE.

Micajah Hillsman
Married
Nancy Clarke.

GRANDFATHER.

Bennett Rogers Hillsman. Born June 1, 1812.

Married

Lucindy Oliver. Born April 13, 1818.

Her first husband was Allen Lowry, and they left one child, Sarah
Lowry. She then married Bennett Rogers Hillsman and had the
following children: Mary, Fannie, William, Augustus, Micajah,
LaNette, Margaret, Luda and Susie.

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GREAT GRANDFATHER ON HER MOTHER’S SIDE.
Frank Oliver
Married
Mary Owen.

RAYMOND VICTOR HARRIS.

Born at Darien, McIntosh County, Georgia, October 6th, 1880.

Moved to Savannah with my parents in 1883, where I still reside
at 19 Gordon St., E., owning the premises.

Educated in the public schools of Savannah, going through the
grammar and high schools.

Attended school at Lawrenceville, N. J., being a member of the
class of 1899.

Studied medicine at the University of Maryland, in Baltimore,
being a member of the class of 1903.

Remained in the Hospitals of Savannah for four years as an
interne.

Started the practice of medicine in Savannah in 1907.

I hold membership in the following organizations : Georgia Medi¬
cal Society, First District Medical Society of Georgia, Medical So¬
ciety of the State of Georgia, American Medical Association, Ameri¬
can Association of Industrial Physicians and Surgeons, Rotary Club
of Savannah, American Legion, Savannah Golf Club.

Visiting Gynecologist to St. Joseph’s Hospital at Savannah.

Served in the World War from 1918 to June 1919, in the Medical
Corps, with the rank of Captain, being Assistant Surgeon at Em¬
barkation Hospital, at Camp Stuart, Va.

Chief Surgeon of General Hospital No. 22, at Richmond, Va.

Chief Surgeon of General Hospital No. 43, at Hampton, Va.

In January 1910, married Flora Middlebrooks, of Athens, Ga.
We have two children, Flora Middlebrooks Harris, born September
18th, 1913, and Mary Louise Harris, born December 23rd, 1915.

Member Masonic Lodge No. 231, Savannah, Ga., also a Shriner.
Member Ancient Landmarks, 32nd Scottish-Rite Mason.

NOTE: Dr. Harris is a brother-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Beusse.

NISBET.

Winfield Robinson Nisbet, born April 19th, 1896, at Milledgeville,
Ga., Baldwin County.

Tom Middlebrooks Nisbet, born December 2nd, 1895, in Oconee
County, Ga. Married Oct. 23rd, 1920.

Winfield R. Nisbet, Jr., born May 4th, 1922.

Tom Middlebrooks Nisbet, (girl), born May 4th, 1922, in Athens,
Ga., Clarke County.

Winfield R. Nisbet is a prominent lawyer in Macon, Ga., where he
resides.

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Carlton G. Beusse

Henry W. Beusse
Athens, Ga.

Fred Munday Beusse Thomas Clarence Beusse

New Orleans, La. Athens, Ga.

Oconee Cemetery, Athens, Georgia

MIDDLEBROOKS FAMILY.

Great Grand Father.

(79) John Middlebrooks, Jr., of Brickstone P. 0., Ga., son of John

Middlebrooks and - Sims(?). Born Sept. 20th, 1755,

Caswell County, N. C. Married (1) Mary Ware. Mar¬
ried (2) Milly Sutton. John, Jr., died in Newton County,
Ga., Dec. 30th, 1830. John, Jr., served in the Continental
Army from North Carolina during the Revolutionary War
iu Lieut. Col. Lytle’s Regiment of Caswell County Troops
and in Capt. Robt. Moore’s Co.

CHILDREN BY FIRST MARRIAGE.

(179) Zere Middlebrooks. Born July 4, 1782.

Died April 16th, 1869.

(180) Anderson Crawford Middlebrooks. Born Jan. 1st, 1784.

Died March 16th, 1871.
(181. David. Born 1786. Died 1858.

CHILDREN BY SECOND MARRIAGE.

(182) Isaac.

John.

(183) Abigail Caroline. Born May 9th, 1795.

Died Sept. 3rd, 1835.

Grandfather.

(180) Anderson Crawford Middlebrooks, of Newton County, Geor¬
gia, son of John Middlebrooks and Mary Ware. Born in
Rockingham County, N. C., January 1st, 1784. Married

(1) Dorenda Jackson. She died Oct. 6th, 1815. Married

(2) Mary Barton. She died Feb. 27th, 1833. Married

(3) Mary Thrasher. She died Sept. 22nd, 1871. Anderson
C. Middlebrooks died in Newton County, Georgia, March
16th, 1871.

CHILD BY FIRST MARRIAGE.

Lordisca Middlebrooks. Bom Feb. 17th, 1814.

Died Aug. 8th, 1815.

No children by second marriage.

CHILDREN BY THIRD MARRIAGE.

- John Anderson.

357 James Lyon.

358 Zarah Barton.

359 Thomas Elder.

359 A. William David.

Died Sept.

Born Aug. 22nd, 1834.

Died July 4th, 1843.
Born Feb. 14th, 1836.
Died May, 1908.
Born Oct. 9th, 1837.
Born Nov. 29th, 1839.
Born July 7th, 1844.

12th, 1862, (3rd Ga. Regt, C. S. A.

Died in Service).

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Father.

(359) Thomas Elder Middlebrooks of Farmington, Ga., son of An¬
derson Crawford Middlebrooks and Mary Thrasher. Born
in Newton County, Georgia, Nov. 29th, 1839. Married La-
Nette Hillsman, Dec. 10th, 1871. She was born May 9th,
1852. Thos. E. Middlebrooks was a member of the Third
Georgia Regiment, also Lieutenant Ga. State Troops, Civil
War. Severely wounded at the battle of Griswoldville,
Ga., Nov. 22nd, 1864.

CHILDREN.

600 Mary Lou Middlebrooks.

601 William Guy.

602 Jesse.

Flora.

Chester.

Ruth.

Thom.

Born Sept. 22nd, 1872.
Born March 16th, 1874.
Born July 24th, 1875.

Born July 9th, 1877.
Born April 3rd, 1883.

March 29th, 1889.
Born Dec. 2nd, 1895.

For further information concerning the Middlebrooks family, see
“Register of the Middlebrooks family, descendents of Joseph Mid¬
dlebrooks of Fairfield, Conn.” By Louis F. Middlebrooks, member
Conn. Historical Society, Hartford, Conn.

This is the Father, Grandfather and Great Grandfather of Jessie
Middlebrooks, who is now Mrs. Jesse Hoyt Beusse.

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Letter to Natl. Cyclopedia of American

Biography

Feb. 16th, 1923.

The National Cyclopedia of American Biography,

70-5th Avenue,

New York, N. Y.

ATTENTION MR. GEO. DERBY, EDITOR.

Dear Sir :

I am enclosing you the following facts which you can read to
make your sketch from.

I would like to make the following comments with regard to my
father's family and my mother's family.

I am enclosing you a family record, the best I can get at this time
of the Beusse family, beginning with my great grandfather who
was Johann Hinrich Beusse, born in Altoona, Germany. In that day
and time Altoona was a free port. He was in the shipping business.
The name of his children are as stated.

Two of his sons were Captains of sailing vessels, one of them was,
my grandfather, Dedreich Henreich Beusse, who was born Sept.
26th, 1791, and died January 2nd, 1833 from exposure. Another
uncle, John Henry Martin Beusse went early to Philadelphia, Penn¬
sylvania, and made quite a success and reputation as a business
man. Christian Benjamine Beusse was born January 7th, 1795, and
was Captain of a sailing vessel. His vessel and himself were cap¬
tured by pirates and he was made to “Walk the Plank.”

My uncle, Johann Hinrich Diedrich Beusse was a sailor and mate
of his vessel when he came to America to locate. He had a sister
living in Charleston, S. C., by the name of Wilhelmina Beusse, who
married Henry Gerdts.

My father, Hinrich, or Henry Beusse, was born Sept. 10th, 1827.
He was also a sailor, and when he landed in New Orleans, La., on
Christmas Eve night in 1845, he went from there to Charleston, S.
C., where his brother and sister were, and in January 1846, he and
my uncle came to Athens, Ga., and located, going into business to¬
gether. They remained partners in business for a number of years,
until my father went to California in the latter part of 1849.

In 1856 my father came back to Athens and met my mother, who
was Menecies Lindsey Evans, and they were married that year,
1856.

Thomas Evans served in Hick’s Regiment at the Siege of Charles¬
ton. William, Joshua, John, George, Ezer, Enoch, Burrell and
Benjamin Evans were at the Siege of Charleston also, as is shown by
the records.

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My great grandfather, Thomas Evans, Jr., had two sons, Thomas
and David Evans.

These two located at Paoli, Ga., in Madison County, and together
with kinsmen and friends organized and built New Hope Presby¬
terian Church, which church is still in existence. My great uncle,
David Evans, was a Deacon of this church for forty years. He
was also a Justice of the Peace and a large land owner. He could
fix a watch or a clock and was one of the best blacksmiths in this
country. He was most pious and was considered one of the best
men in this country. Also Justice Peace.

My grandfather, Thomas Evans, was also a member of this
church. Later on, he moved from Madison County, C4a., to Athens,
Ga., Clarke County, in the year 1843.

This is a full outline of the Beusse and Evans families.

I can say without egotism, and with much pride, that the Beusses
and Evanses descended from people, as far back as we know, who
believed in the Holy Bible and its teachings, and have just as good
blood in their veins as anybody in America.

My older brother, Albinus Evans Beusse, graduated at the Uni¬
versity of Georgia, located at Athens, Ga., and after graduation
went into business with my father, as a cotton buyer and a general
all round man. Back in the 80 ’s he was appointed to a position in
the Treasury Department at Washington, D. C., and served contin¬
uously for 23 years, until the time of his death. I am also sending
you a list of myself and my brother, Henry Washburn Beusse, and
Avhat we are now doing.

I have one other brother, Fred Munday Beusse, who is living in
New Orleans, La., and serving as a bookkeeper.

I think from the facts that I am sending you, you will have no
trouble getting what you will want.

Referring to the first part of this letter, the Germans pronounce
Johann as John and Hinrich as Henry. In this country we spell
them as plain John and plain Henry.

Feb. 17th, 1923.

The National Cyclopedia of American Biography,

70-5th Avenue,

New York, N. Y.

ATTENTION MR. GEO. DERBY, EDITOR,

Dear Sir :

Referring to the 14th paragraph on page 3 of my letter to you of
yesterday, this paragraph should read as follows:

Thomas Evans served in Ilick’s Regiment at the Siege of Charles¬
ton, during the Revolutionary War. The Siege of Charleston was
in the year 1780.

William, Joshua, John, George, Ezer, Enoch, Burrell and Bejamin
Evans were at the Siege of Charleston also, as is shown by the
records.

Yours very truly,

J. H. BEUSSE.

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Facts About Wilkes County

Furnished by Boyce Ficklin, Senior.

Historically, educationally and ecclesiastically speaking, Wilkes
Conuty, easily lays claim to being the pioneer county for such in
Georgia and has the records to back up such claims.

Comparatively few people in the state have any conception of
what comprised Georgia from 1733, when Oglethorpe put his foot
on Yamacraw Bluff, to the Revolutionary War of 1775 — a period of
some forty odd years.

It was only along this strip extending along the seacoast and
northward up the Savannah River, to Little River, the present
boundary between AYilkes, Columbia, Warren and McDuffie counties
— this was the states boundary as late as 1763. In 1773 the original
Wilkes County was ceded by the Cherokee Indians. This strip
commenced at Little River and extended up the Savannah at or
near where the Southern Railway crosses the Savannah in Stephens
County, thence southward to Cherokee Corner in Oglethorpe County.
Here it deflected and ran to a point on the Oconee River called
Buck’s Ford (Wherever that was), then southeastwards to the
Ogeechee River, which was the Southern boundary of Wilkes. Nine
counties have been cut off from the original Wilkes: Lincoln, El¬
bert, Hart, Franklin, Madison, Oglethorpe, Greene, Taliaferro and
Warren— leaving the heart of Wilkes an area of 450 square miles.
When the population of Georgia reached 75,000 over 38,000 resided
in Wilkes.

In 1770 Wesley sent Francis Asbury to America to look after
Methodism in America. Asbury never liked to be called Bishop.
He says he was an overseer. Previous to his coming to Georgia
he had travelled over parts of New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia,
Delaware, New Jersey, North and South Carolina and Maryland—
the latter state would not permit him to preach because he would
not take a certain oath to the state before commencing to preach,
so he vacated Maryland for the time being, but in later years he
was welcomed and permitted to attend to his work.

He crossed the Savannah, April 1st, 1788, at the fork of Broad
River, which now separates Wilkes from Elbert county. On April
9th, he says he held our first conference in Georgia, “There were six
preachers and four probationers present.” Asi South Carolina was
then in the Georgia conference, it is reasonable to suppose that
some of the preachers and probationers, who formed the conference
of 10 members, were from South Carolina and came over to help
“The Overseer” out, yet he mentioned no names. The conference
was held in Wm. Tates dwelling, some four or five miles from the
fork of the two rivers.

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The dwelling is still standing, the interior as sound as it wras the
day the “Overseer 7 ’ entered it, 133 years ago. Someone has taken
a picture of it recently and sent a photograph of it to each preacher
in the two Georgia conferences. The Methodists of later date have
easily drifted away from a good many of the old landmarks and
usages of former days, for instance, they do not relish the word
“Probationer/’ so use the words “On trial.” Guess it sounds more
aesthetic.

Immediately after the first conference, Asbury re-crossed the
Savannah, into Carolina and then headed back to the north again,
only to return next year. This he did for 16 or 18 consecutive
years. Two years after his first conference at Tate, Elbert County
was cut off from Wilkes 1790. In 1789 the “Overseer” came to
Georgia entering it this time at Augusta, came on up on the narrow
strip then known as Georgia, stopping one day at Scotts in what
is now Columbia County, formerly a part of Richmond County,
which under the Crown was known as Parish of St. Paul’s. Next
day he came to Thomas Grant’s in Wilkes where he held Annual
Conference in the first Methodist Church in Georgia, erected by
Daniel Grant and Thomas Grant, his son, then back to Carolina and
northward he rode his grey steed.

The site of the first church has been marked with a monolith of
Elbert blue granite, weighing over three tons, by some one, to fix
for all time the location. It sits on a concrete base, has a corner¬
stone in the center and under the stone contains a copy of the
Wesleyan Christian Advocate, Nashville Advocate and a copy of
each North and South Georgia Conferences of 1916. It will be
standing when Gabriel blows his cornet. On the front is the fol¬
lowing :

Grants Meeting House — 1787
First Methodist Church in Georgia.

Here Bishop Asbury preached often and held two Conferences.

Erected in 1917.

A gift from the Methodists of Wilkes and their friends.

The inscription is indented into the stone so that it cannot be
chipped off.

He held during the 18 years he visited Georgia, other conferences
at Washington, Augusta and other places. During his later visits
Georgia began to expand northward and westward and in 1804
extended to the Ocmulgee River, and the Bishop travelled West as
far as Hancock and Putnam Counties, at that date the frontiers of
Georgia. It is interesting to read his work and travels, and at the
same time painful — a frail man physically, he rode horseback
through unbroken forests, fording creeks and rivers, braving snow¬
storms, going all day without a dry thread on him preaching under
trees, and in cold churches (and as he says to cold congregations),
and often riding all day and into the night with no place in sight

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t o obtain a meal or assuage a headache, or arrest a hacking cough —
both of which he was heir to and suffered from them almost daily.
He was fearfully handicapped by reason of his being an English¬
man. It was during the Revolutionary War, and an Englishman in
America was looked upon with distrust if not with hate. He
refers to this condition of affairs several times.

He says his salary was $80.00 per year, and four or five thousand
miles of horseback riding, fording creeks and swimming rivers,
braving snowstorms in a broken saddle, with a stumbling steed,
was his almost daily occupation. During his last years in Georgia
he says he and Bishop McKendree (I think) chipped in and pur¬
chased a $30.00 chaise in which they made their rounds. He says
it was not much of a chariot, but supposed it fit his pocketbook
alright.

I have often wondered what Asbury and his co-bishop would
have thought had they met a modern elder dashing by in his
$2,000.00 Buick, on his way to his appointments. Expect both would
have fallen backward out of their $30.00 chaise and doubtless been
run over by the Buick, Eh ? Hundreds of other incidents, some sad
and others amusing, as he roamed from state to state could be
mentioned, but they would take up too much of your space so I
desist for fear of landing in the waste basket.

Daniel Marshall established the first Baptist Church in Georgia,
on the banks of Kiokee Creek, under an oak tree. (I suppose be¬
cause there was much water there). It was in now Columbia
County, formerly Richmond County, and under the Crown was
known as St. Paul’s Parish. Parishes went out of existence just
after the Revolutionary War, in Georgia at least.

The Baptists antedated the Methodists in just four years before
Grants Meeting House was erected in Wilkes.

Daniel Marshall planted, but it was Silas Mercer and his Jesse
who were the Apolos who watered the plant and brought it into full
fruition, so that now our Baptist friends cover Georgia like the
waters cover the great deep.

John Wesley and his brother, the sweet singer preached and sang
to the Indians, but left the field uncultivated and sailed back to
England. It was Asbury with his lieutenant, Hope Hull, with
David Merriweather and Humphries who were the men behind the
gun in Georgia Methodism. Georgia has much to thank the two
Daniels for, Marshall and Grant— for their start. First Catholic
Church in Georgia was in Wilkes, now Taliaferro County; first
Presbyterian preacher was ordained under a poplar tree within the
limits of Washington, Ga., 1790.

The house in which Eli Whitney worked on his gm is still stand¬
ing in Wilkes. The first cotton factory in Georgia was that of
Bolton’s in Wilkes. First Christian Science School in Georgia
stands today in Wilkes. On the banks of Kettle Creek in Wilkes,

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where on Valentines day, 1777, Gen. Elijah Clarke met and an¬
nihilated the British forces under Col. Boyd, who had burned Sa¬
vannah, sacked Augusta and was marching into the northern part
of Georgia (then Wilkes) to finish his job, when Clarke fell afoul
of the British forces and British ascendency in Georgia stopped
right there, about daylight, February 14th, 1777. The zeal of the
Wilkes County folks was so great that it obtained for them and
Wilkes a name “The Hornets Nest of The Revolution, ’ ’ a name that
they are still proud of.

Polly Barclay, a white woman was the first white woman hung
in Georgia. She murdered her husband. They kill husbands and
wives and others these days in Georgia, yet hanging seems a lost
art in Georgia.

Mercer University started in Wilkes County from the fortune of
a Hebrew, and now we have a great Christian institution of learn¬
ing in Georgia, the nucleus of which was supplied by a Jew. “The
Lord Works In a Mysterious Way His Wonders to Perform.”

Wilkes has in part, at least done her share in church, state and
education, to say nothing of war

Wilkes County, Georgia, was organized 1777.

Elbert County, Georgia, was organized Dec. 10th, 1790, and was
cut off of Wilkes County.

Oglethorpe County, Georgia, was organized Dec. 19th, 1793.

Madison County, Georgia, was organized Dec. 11th, 1811, and
made from Oglethorpe, Jackson, Clarke, Franklin and Elbert
Counties.

Clarke County, Georgia, was organized Dec. 5th ,1801, and made
from Jackson County, Georgia.

Oconee County, Georgia, was cut off from Clarke County Feb.
25th, 1875.

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Life of R. H. Bullock

TAKEN FROM MEMOIRS OF GEORGIA, VOL. 2.

R. H. Bullock, farmer, Danielsville, Madison County, Georgia,
was born in Oglethorpe County in 1810, and is now one of the oldest
residents of this county. This branch of the family decended from
an Englishman and one of the early settlers of Virginia. Nathame
Bullock, the grandfather of the subject of this memoir, was born
m North Carolina, and marrying Mary Hawkins, moved to Georgia
during the time of the Revolutionary War. A son, Hawkins Bul¬
lock, entered the Patriot ranks at the age of sixteen years under
Capt. Twitty and in General Greene’s command. He was born m
North Carolina, and after the War of Independence, located m
Wilkes County, and subsequently moved to Madison County
where he died. He married Frances R. Gordon, a daughter
of Capt. Alexander Gordon. Mr. Gordon was a Revoiu-
tionary soldier and attained the rank of Captain, moved to Wilkes
County soon after the war and later to Oglethorpe County, where he
died Mr. R. H. Bullock was a farmer from youth, and m 18db was
married to Mary H. Griffith, a native and life-long resident of
Madison County. They have three children, Sarah F->. Ja™e®.
and Wyatt H. The mother of the children was born m Madison
County in 1817, and died 1849. In 1865 he married Lucinda Thomp¬
son daughter of Nathaniel Gholston, an early settler of Madison
County, and a native of North Carolina. To this union have been
born the following living children : Susan, Geo. A., Mary ., u
S„ Richard H., Bonnie G., and Nathanieh The mother was born in
Madison County in 1837. Mr. and Mrs. Bullock are members of the
Presbyterian Church. Mr. Bullock has been active m P01/*10® d™‘
ing his long life and has frequently been asked to hold offic a
positions He was elected Clerk of The Inferior Court, then a mem¬
ber of the court and then served as Ordinary for twenty years. He
was a member of the Legislature when the capital was at Milledge-
ville for four terms, and for four years represented his district in
the State Senate in Atlanta. Mr. Bullock is familiar y ”0'™ ‘

Major, this title being bestowed on him in youth when he \
Major in the State Militia and fighting King George s men He
owns a large farm near Danielsville and a big mill on the Sout
Broad River and is more than comfortably fixed m this world s
S Though way up in years, Mr. Bullock still enjoys good
health and possesses a powerful intellect which is still active as

ever.

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Kinsmen

Dabney Gholston
Married
Mary Bullock.

Their children were: Nathaniel Gholston, Leonard Gholston, John
Gholston, James Gholston, Richard Gholston, Billy Gholston,
Harlowe Gholston,* Eliabeth Gholston.

Willis Strickland
Married

Harlowe Gholston.*

Their children were : Mary Strickland, Salency Strickland, Harriet
Strickland, Huldah Strickland, Sarah Strickland, Elizabeth Strick¬
land,* Eliza Jane Strickland, Milton Strickland, Wilson Strickland,
Kintchen Dabney Strickland.

Jno. A. McCurdy
Married in 1876
Elizabeth W. Strickland.*

Their child was : Charles W. McCurdy.*

Charles W. McCurdy*

Married in 1900
Curtice Henry Camp.

Their children are: Frances McCurdy, Hilda McCurdy, Worth
McCurdy.

GRIFFETH FAMILY.

John L. Griff eth. Born April 29th, 1796.

Died Sept. 17th, 1871.

Married

Elizabeth Evans Griff eth. Died Sept. 17th, 1853. Age, 59 years.
James S. Griffeth Born Dec. 28th, 1828.

Married

Martha Ann Jackson.

They had the following children: John W. Griffeth, Francis J.
Griffeth, Stinson II. Griffeth, James II. Griffeth, Joe E. Griffeth,
Milton B. Griffeth, Clarence N. Griffeth, Robert L. Griffeth.

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Stephenses

These facts were gathered from Hon. L. L. Knight.

THE STEPHENSES.

Alexander Stephens, an Englishman who espoused the cause of
the Pretender’s son, was the pioneer ancestor of the noted Stephens
family of Georgia. Escaping to America in 1746, when the fortunes
of the ill-starred claimant of the English crown suffered collapse,
the adventurous follower of Charles Edward found shelter among
the Shawnee Indians in Eastern Pennsylvania. He arrived upon
the scene in good time to enjoy the wholesome outdoor exercise
afforded by the French and Indian Wars and to train himself in
the school of these preliminary skirmishes for the sterner hard¬
ships and experiences of the great struggle for independence.
Though only a youth when he had first put the Atlantic Ocean be¬
tween himself and royal pursuit, he was quite a veteran when he
clutched the musket to obey the Revolutionary call which came
from Lexington. But he measured the whole length of the bitter
contest, gallantly achieving the rank of captain.

The occupations of Mars quite often obstruct the activities of
Cupid. Alexander Stephens was matrimonially backward. His
hair had already registered the heavy snow-falls before his heart
began to experience the gentler emotions which betoken the ap¬
proach of spring. But the art of wooing was most successfully
cultivated; and Catherine Baskins, who lived at the confluence of
the Susqquehannah and Juanita Rivers agreed to become Mrs.
Stephens. He no doubt used to good advantage the figure of the
mated streams to picture the congenial currents which he was
anxious to unite and he probably sealed negotiations in the breezy
angle where the waters met. But it often happens that Orange
Blossoms contain the seed of discord, and it was well for Captain
Stephens that he had first been hardened as a soldier before ever
he posed as a lover. Parental opposition was most relentless; and
while the marriage took place, the important member of the family
who by virtue of this compact became the father-in-law of Captain
Stephens was never reconciled to the nuptials. Andrew Baskins
possessed wide acres and large revenues, and, as wealth was
reckoned in Colonial days, he was reputed rich. He probably
wished his daughter to marry the son of some wealthy baron like
himself. And unhappily for Captain Stephens he did not meet this
parental requirement. He had silver enough, but instead of being
in his pockets, it was on his head. It suffices to say that recon¬
ciliation never took place. Disapproval became disinheritance.
But the couple remained in Pennsylvania until 1795, and then com-

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ing southward the little family homestead was planted in the woods
of North Georgia. The new settlers first located in Elbert County,
but afterward crossed into Wilkes, locating in what later became
Taliaferro.

Disowned though she was, Mrs. Stephens, with the filial reverence
so characteristic of the daughters of men, christened her eldest son,
Andrew Baskins Stephens. Captain Stephens lived many years af¬
ter coming to Georgia, and finally died in 1813, at the advanced
age of eighty-seven. Several children survived him ; but Andrew
Baskins Stephens is the only one who needs to be here considered.
Educated in the university of the backwoods, otherwise known as
the old field school, Andrew could boast of comparatively few
accomplishments beyond the three R’s since patrimonial means
were limited. But book learning was not considered so essential
in those days ; and besides he possessed what is far more important
even in these days: sterling and sturdy character.

Andrew B. Stephens was married twice. His first wife, whom he
married in 1807 was Mary Grier, daughter of Aaron Grier and sister
of Robert Grier, famous as the originator of Grier’s Almanac, which
once shared honors with the family Bible in almost every Southern
homestead. It is still held in wide repute and is now owned and
published by John B. Daniel. Three children were the fruit of this
first marriage, Mary, Aaron Grier and Alexander. Alexander, who
afterwards added Hamilton to his name in honor of his preceptor,
became the illustrious Alexander Hamilton Stephens, statesman,
orator, author and sage, who was born February 11th, 1811. His
mother, whose frail and delicate constitution he inherited, did not
long survive his birth.

Mr. Stephens married again in 1814. His second wife was
Matilda S., daughter of Col. John Lindsay. Col. Lindsay was an
officer in the Revolution. He lost his right hand during the struggle,
and concealing his disfigured member under an ornamental silver
badge he acquired the sobriquet of “Old Silver Fist.” He amassed
large property at one time, but became the victim of misplaced con¬
fidence and died possessed of small holdings. Five children were
born of this second marriage, three of whom reached adult years,
John Lindsay, an accomplished and able lawyer, Catherine B. and
Linton. Linton was born on July 1, 1823, and became the celebrated
jurist and orator, who was scarcely less gifted than his more famous
half-brother.

Losing his father and mother within seven days of each other
and when he was hardly three years old, Linton went to live with
his maternal grandmother; while Alexander H. and Aaron G., who
were the surviving children of the first marriage, were taken in
care by Col. Aaron Grier. The patrimony which the children re¬
ceived on becoming of age wras something over four hundred dollars
•jach. Much of the land which formerly belonged to the old home-

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stead had been sacrificed, and one of the first duties which Alex¬
ander H. Stephens charged himself to perform, when he began to
earn money was the repairing of the old grave yard and the re¬
purchasing of the property which his father had lost. Linton,
after reaching some size, went to live with Alexander H. at Craw-
fordville until he was ready for college. He received the most
affectionate and tender care from his half-brother, who was now
his legal guardian ; and much of his success in life was due to the
inspiration which he received at this early stage of his career.

Alexander H. Stephens was a kinsman of the Bullocks, Evans
and Lindsey’s through marriage, as his father married Col. Lind¬
sey’s daughter, his second marriage.

Judge Linton H. Stephens and Aaron G. Stephens were blood
relations.

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Copy of Will of Jno. Lindsey

In the name of God, Amen: I, John Lindsey, of the County of
Wilkes, and the State of Georgia, being of sound mind and possess¬
ing all exercise of my rational faculties, do make this my last will
and testament for the order of my affairs.

1. I will that my body be decently interred wherever it pleases
jny wife, should she survive me of it, at the pleasure of my executors
without pomp or parade.

2. That each of my children by my present wife, (Clarresa), shall
have with their mother an equal portion of my estate, except what
money is in the hands of my brother, Benjamin Lindsey, for the
nse of common benefit of my two sons, i. e., Jackson Clarke Watkins
Lindsey and Benjamin Ferro Hamilton Lindsey, amounting to two
thousand dollars and upwards, and it is my desire that this money
be appropriated to the education and support of them in the most
prudent and beneficial way that may be devised by my executors.

3. It is my desire that my wife should have her option whether
she shall take for moiety marriage portion from her father’s, Na¬
thaniel Bullock or her dower as before filed her common and equal
portion with her children by me of all my estate with the aforesaid
exception in favor of my sons, Jackson and Benjamin.

4. I recognize as my beloved and legally begotten children,
Menecies Creswell Christmas Lindsey, Matilda Marbury Summer¬
ville Lindsey, Fannie Hawkins Bullock Lindsey and Sallie Collier
Billingslea, along with their mother I wish my estate equally divided
with the aforesaid exception in favor of my sons.

5. I appoint and ordain as my executors of my last will and
testament of this date, my wife, Claressa of Wilkes County, my
son, James M. Lindsey of St. Mary’s and General John Clarke,
James Corbett and Ebaneezer Harlow Cumming of Wilkes County,
and in the settlement of my land holden from Col. George Dooley
and Thomas Mitchell, Esq. I also appoint Mr. Seaborn Jones my
lawful executor. This 31st day of July, 1804.

JOHN LINDSEY.

Signed, sealed and published in the presence of:

JAMES MONTFORT,

FRANCIS WILLIS,

MECAJALI IIENTLEY.

GEORGIA, Wilkes County.

Personally appeared in open court, James Montford, one of the
subscribing witnesses in the within will, and being duly sworn saith
that he saw the within named John Lindsey sign, seal and declare
the within instrument of writing to be his last will and testament

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and at the time of so doing he was of sound and disposing mind
and memory, and that Francis Willis and Mecajah Hentley sub¬
scribed as concurring evidence of the same.

JAMES MONTFORT.

D. TERRELL, R. P. W. C.

Recorded the 10th day of July, 1811.

P. S. — Matilda Summerville Lindsey married Andrew Baskins
Stephens, their son, John Lindsey Stephens married Mary Eliza¬
beth Barker, their daughter Mary Matilda Stephens married Juday
William Alexander Corry, and their daughter Marry Emma mar¬
ried Judge Horace Moore Holden, and they are the parents of Lieut.
Frank Alexander Holden of the “All American” Division 328th
Regiment.

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Marriage Record of Kinsmen

MARRIAGES OP THE EVANS FAMILY IN WILKES COUNTY,
OGLETHORPE COUNTY, MADISON COUNTY, GEORGIA,
ALSO MARRIAGES OP THE ALLEN’S. BULLOCK’S,
GHOLSTON’S, GRIFFETH’S, CARITHERS’ AND OTHER
KINSMEN TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION.

Marriages of the Evans family in Wilkes County. Georgia.

Elisha Evans to May Bird, March 30th, 1813.

James Evans to Mary Malone, November 6th, 1818.

David Evans to Sarah Weaver, June 29th, 1824.

Joseph Evans to Susianna Cunningham, December 10th, 1824.
Jno. Evans to Martha Gresham, November 30th, 1824.

William Evans to Rachael Cotton, August 2nd 1827.

Robert Evans to Eliza Johnson, January 11th, 1806.

Sally Evans to Weaver Cotton, August 2nd, 1806.

Susiannah Evans to Daniel Sloden, December 29th, 1807.

Sarah Evans to Geo. Hickson, March 30th, 1813.

Rhoda Evans to John Bates, April 15th, 1813.

Snsiannah Evans to Peter Lunsford, June 16th, 1820.

Louisa Evans to Samuel Darden, December 4th, 1823.

Jane Evans to Archilous Harris, January 8th, 1824.

Nancy Evans to William Freeman, May 19th, 1824.

Nancy Evans to Thomas Williams, December 13th, 1824.

Mary Evans to Jesse Short, January 13th, 1825.

Nancy Evans to Daniel Lee, April 19th, 1826.

Elizabeth Evans to John Swanson, May 20th, 1829.

Marriages in Oglethorpe County, Georgia.

Charles Allen to Jennie Bradshaw, December 27th, 1798.
William Bradshaw to Nancy Allen, December 18th, 1802.
Wyatt Hawkins to Nancy Allen, December 28th, 1803.
Jeremiah Maxey to Polly Allen, January 10th, 1808.

Peter Bradshaw to Lucy Allen, August 25th, 1808.

Jos. Elkins to Fannie Allen, February 3rd, 1813.

John Allen to Nancy Wood, May 4th, 1816.

Benjamin Sackwell to Jane Allen, March 20th, 1819.
Clement Y. Allen to Martha West, October 13th, 1821.
Stephen Allen to Sally Brown, December 15th, 1821.
Clement Y. Allen to Martha West, January 4th, 1822.
Young S .Allen to Frances M. Allen, December 18th, 1823.
Archibald Short to Mary Ann Allen, November 24th, 1834.
William Allen to Jane Kines, March 14th, 1835.

Richard Allen to Emily Kidd, May 11th, 1837.

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Henry W. Allen to Martha Rainey, January 1, 1838.

Thos. D. Hawks to Frances R. Allen, January 10th, 1839.

Ladsen Chaplin to Susan Allen, September 6th, 1839.

William G. Allen to Lucy Jane Mattox, July 7th, 1845.

William F. Williams to Emily Allen, July 13th, 1850.

Henry J. Allen to Frances E. Farmer, August 30th, 1851.

Charles H. Allen to Sarah Ann Gilham, July 13th, 1853.

Van Allen to Annie E. Adkins, December 3rd, 1867.

V. B. Allen to Susan E. Williams, July 11th, 1872.

Benjamin Edwards to Lucy Evans, April 9th, 1818.

Hazel Lunsford to Susiannah Evans, October 24th, 1821.

Jno. Evans to Frances N. Young. Married May 23rd, 1867, by
Jno. F. Smith, J. P.

Pope B. Spratling to Lizzie S. Evans. Married January 30th,
1877, by M. W. Edwards, M. G.

Wyatt Bullock to Betsy Allen, June 6th, 1803.

Joseph Lumpkin to Anna Bullock, March 7th, 1804.

Geo. A. Gordon to Susiannah Bullock, April 2nd, 1811.

Thomas B. Bullock to Nancy Jackson, December 19th, 1837.

Jno. N. Bullock to Milda L. G. Poss. Married November 16th,
1865, by Wm. Davenport, J. P.

Marriages in Madison County, Georgia.

Nathaniel Allen to Rebeccah Atcheson, November 4th, 1819.

Gray W. Allen to Nancy Morgan, August 27th, 1827.

Stephen Allen to Martha Anderson, December 31st, 1832.

Jno. Colbert to Frances Allen, December 15th, 1825.

Hannibal Allen to Elizabeth Tolbert, February 17th, 1837.
Benjamin Allen to Betsy Hall, February 29th, 1816.

H. L. Allen to M. K. Harks, December 8th, 1864.

Jno. B. Allen to Georgia A. Fitzpatrick, August 20th, 1868.

Thos. B. Anthony to Nemacy Evans, June 18th, 1845.

Alexander G. Bullock to Milly Sorrells, February 12th, 1818.
Richard H. Bullock to Mary H. R. Griff eth, January 21st, 1836.
Wm. G. Bullock to Elendor Sorrells, November 6th, 1823.
Hawkins S. Bullock to Caroline Lester, January 1st, 1832.

James Carithers (Record torn) to - , October - , 1812.

B. Y. Carithers to M. Hall.

R. J. Carithers to M. Carrington.

R. D. Carithers to F. Bryant.

S. D. Carithers to F. P. Dudley.

J. A. Carithers to L. V. A. F. Bennett.

R. T. Carithers to S. P. Carithers.

W. J. Carithers to E. E. Hitchcock.

J. J. Carithers to M. F. Johnson.

W. W. Carithers to E. F. Power, January 4th, 1870.

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Jno. G. Evans to Katherine Power, January 3rd, 1847.

J. N. Evans to Susan Power, December 31st, 1845.

G. N. Evans to Melessa Gloer, November 2nd, 1845.

W. S. Evans to Betsy Jane Carithers, February 4th, 1848.

G. W. Evans to E. J. Wood, August 16th, 1855.

P. H. Evans to Z. F. Wood, December 20th, 1860.

Henry T. Evans to Elizabeth McCurdy, February 5th, 1868.
W .D. Gholston to N. J. Daniel.

N. B. Gholston to N. Simms.

J. L. Gholston to Mrs. J. Harris.

Zacheriah Gholston to Nancy Gilbert, November 22nd, 1816.
Benjamin Gholston to Catherine Eberhardt, June 22nd, 1815.
Nathaniel B. Gholston to Betsy Jarrell, March 10th, 1825.
Jno. Griffith to Elizabeth Evans, December 19th, 1816.

Thos. D. Griffeth to Catherine Eberhardt, June 22nd, 1815.
Jas. R. Griffith to Mary Ann Daniel, November 24th, 1825.
Jas. L. Griffith to Ascentli Eberhardt, December 20th, 1825.
Oliver P. Griffith to Margaret Eberhardt.

Wm. Griffith to J. A. M. A. Hitchcock.

W. H. Griffith to A. Brown.

J. T. Griffith to S. Brown.

James Griffith to Harlowe Gholston.

David Evans to Polly Allen, November 19th, 1812.

Thomas Evans to Clarissa Allen, December 26th, 1816.

Jas. N. Evans to Susan C. Long, February 3rd, 1842.

Isaiah Vineyard to Ann Stephens, February 1st, 1816.

James Vineyard to Deanne Hays, January 3rd, 1822.

Samuel Vineyard to Margaret Haynes, January 9th, 1823.
William Vineyard to Mary Atcheson, January 20th, 1823.
John Vineyard to Elizabeth Hodge, December 2nd, 1824.
James Gholston to Polly Daniel, December 13th, 1833.

Robert P. Griffith to Amanda L. Walker, April 6th, 1836.
John Gholston to Elizabeth Williford, January 26tli, 1826.
Archer Griffith to Sarah Bridges, March 1st, 1842.

Hesekiah Wynn to Mary B. Evans, August 5th, 1835.

Daniel Wynn to Frances G. Evans, January 3rd, 1836.

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The Evans Family

By Frances Cowles.

Descendents of a Royal Sire, prominent in New England and
the South.

Evans in itself makes no pretentions as to its derivation. It is
John — Plain John, that is all. Evanson is “the son of John” Evans
is one way the name appears in the old records.

Among New England forefathers were David and Henry Evans,
of Boston, 1643, Thomas of Plymouth, 1635, and John of Roxbury
and Hatfield, who is thought to have been a soldier in Phillip’s
AVar.

Henry Evans, born in Boston, removed to Tennessee. He was the
son of Joseph, born in Ireland, and a physician, who died in Ohio.
Joseph Henry, son of Henry, born in Boston, married Cora Taylor,
a descendent of Governor AVilliam Bradford, and descendents of
this line, of course step right into the Mayflower Society, without
so much as “by your leave.”

Another New England forebear was Sherebiah Evans, of Milton,
Mass., a Revolutionary soldier. He was born in Maryland and
married Elizabeth Dudley. Their son, Sherebiah, was born in
Boston, 1796. The marriage connections of this line include the
Hirrsons, Clarks, Cooks and AVarners.

Sherebiah may have been the son or grandson of James, who
came from England in 1715, with wife and four children to Cecil
County, Maryland. One son, John, who was in the French and
Indian AVar, removed to Lancaster County, Pa. His wife was
Sarah Denny.

In Maine, one of the prominent members of the family was George
Evans, born in 1797. He was attorney general of the state, and a
candidate for nomination as Vice President when Taylor was nomi¬
nated to the presidency.

The family has always been prominent in Pennsylvania. The
second rector of the historic church of Philadelphia, Christ Church,
was Evan Evans, born in AVales. He was a leader of men and had
a large following, not only in Pennsylvania, but in AVest Jersey
and Delaware. He died about 1721, in Hartford County, Maryland.

Lott Evans, born in AVales, a friend of Penn, set out on the same
ship in 1681, but died at sea. He had three sons, Thomas, Charles
and Lott, or John. AVhile Penn was in England in 1704, Thomas
(Some records say John), was provisional or deputy governor of

the colonies. . . .,

Thomas married Sarah Roberts and they raised a large family.
One son, Jonathan, had a foundry and the tree under which the

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treaty was made by Penn with the Indian Chiefs was on the foundry
grounds.

Marriage connections of this branch of the family include the
Pennsylvania and New Jersey families of Cadwalader, Gibbs, Car-
negies, Hurlburts, Hobarts and Perrins. Joseph Evans of Philadel¬
phia, married Margaret Horner of Virginia. The Evanses of New
York married into the family of DeAVitts, descendents of Tjerek
deAYitt of Kingston, N. Y., \661. The Evanses were early settlers
in South Carolina, where they had large grants of land.

The blazon of the coat of arms is: Quarterly, first and fourth,
argent, three boars heads, couped sable ; second and third gules, a
lion rampant reguardant, argent.

Crest : a demi-lion reguardant, argent, holding between his paws,
a boar’s head, couped, sable.

Motto : Libertas.

This is the coat-of-arms used by the Evans family of Pennsylvania.

In St. Peter’s Church, Philadelphia, a window to the memory of
Joseph R. Evans, represents the lion of the arms, with a boar’s
head issueing from a coronet, and the motto: “Aut vincere, aut
mori. ’ ’

(Copyright by The McClure Newspaper syndicate).

BRANCH OF THE EVANS FAMILY AVHO LOCATED IN GEOR¬
GIA AND AYERE DESCENDENTS FROM NATHAN EVANS
AYHO MOVED FROM PENNSYLVANIA TO CHER AAV, S. C.
EARLY' IN 1736, AVITH OTHER EVANS FAMILIES AVHO
AYERE KINSMEN.

Nathan Evans had several daughters and three sons, Thomas
Evans, David Evans and Nathan Evans. All three served in the
Revolution with distinction.

I am a descendent of Thomas Evans, who, after the Revolution,
with other Evanses, located in AVilkes County, Georgia, and they
were all granted Bounty Grants of land on account of their services
in the Revolution. There were Thomas Evans, David Evans, Daniel
Evans, Stephens Evans, Jesse Evans and AVilliam Evans, and I
have photographs showing copies and diagrams of this land, taken
from the records of the Ordinary’s office at Washington, AVilkes
-County, Georgia.

Thomas Evans had several daughters and two sons, one David and
the other Thomas, who was my grandfather. There were seven
counties cut off from the original AVilkes County, and my grand¬
father, Thomas Evans, and his brother David, located in Madison
County, when it was made a county, near Paoli, Georgia, and with
other kinsmen and friends, they organized and built New Hope
Presbyterian Church, located at Paoli, Georgia. David Evans was
a Deacon for forty years in this church. He was a land owner and
one of the finest blacksmiths in the country at that time. He could

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fix a clock or a watch, or do anything* of the kind. .He was also a
Justice of the Peace and married many couples in that day and time.

My grandfather, Thomas Evans, was also at that time a land
owner and a planter. The following children were born to him and
his wife, who was Clarissa Allen. These children were named after
kinsmen, and the names Thomas, David, William, George, Nathaniel,
etc., were family names as far back as we have any record. The
children of my grandfather were as follows :

William Nelson Evans, Thomas Allen Evans, George Nathaniel
Evans, Elizabeth Luckie Evans, Francis Hawkins Evans, Susan
Bullock Evans, Clarissa Wyatt Evans, Annie Lumpkin Evans, Sarah
Hughes Evans, Menecies Lindsey Evans, Martha Jane Evans.

William Nelson Evans married Selena Ann Williams, on January
26th, 1851. They had two sons, James Evans and George Robert
Evans. James Evans had several children and his widow and
children are living at tKe present time, but he is dead. William
Nelson Evans married a second time late in life. There were no
children by this last marriage.

Thomas Allen Evans, in early manhood moved to Muscogee
County, near Columbus, Ga., and I have no record of his family.

George Nathaniel Evans married Melissa Gloer on November 2nd,
1845. He was also a farmer and land owner. He married a second
time later in life, but there were no children by this second mar¬
riage. Children of this first marriage are as follows :

Thomas Alexander Evans, known as “Bud,” and who is now liv¬
ing. (See list of his family.) Fannie, Pink, Tina, Susie, the latter
two named being twins. Susie married Mr. Butler and later died.
Mr. Butler then married Fannie. She is also now dead. Pink mar¬
ried Mr. Richards and they are both now dead, leaving no children.

Elizabeth Luckie Evans married Thomas C. Kimball on Decem¬
ber 7th, 1848, and they had several children, but the names and the
dates of their birth are unknown to me.

Francis Hawkins Evans married William James on July 19th,
1863. They had no children. This was Mr. James second mar¬
riage, and he had a son by a former marriage, by the name of
William B. James.

Susan Bullock Evans married Captain Wilson, and two children
were born to them, Robert and Callie. Susan married a second time
after Captain Wilson’s death, to W. T. Stark on December 31st,
1862. There were no children by this marriage.

Clarissa Wyatt Evans married Richard Franklin Grant Stapler,
who was nick-named “Doc’’ and they had only one daughter, Min¬
nie, who now lives in Texas, and one son who is now dead.

Annie Lumpkin Evans married Frances Rawson on December
27th, 1850. A list of their children follows:

Rebecca M. Rawson, born January 24th, 1854, in Athens, Ga.

Robert Rawson, born 1852. Died 3 months later.

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Jesolean Rawson, born 1858, at Columbus ,Ga.

Ella Rawson, born 1868, at Lawrenceville, Ga. Lived one month.

George R. Rawson, born July 19th, 1856, at Athens, Ga.

William Washington Rawson, born Feb. 22nd, 1860, Athens, Ga.

Frank Samuel Rawson, Jr., born July 16th, 1866, Athens, Ga.

Henry T. Rawson, born August 12th, 1870, at Athens, Ga.

Annie Clarissa Rawson, born May 12th, 1872, at Athens, Ga.

Julia E. Rawson, born June lltli, 1874, at Athens, Ga.

Rebecca M. Rawson married G. Hauser, and the following child¬
ren were born to them :

Leonard Hauser, born November 17th, 1877. Died same date.

Emil Hauser, born December 29th, 1878, at Athens, Ga.

Alma Hauser, born Sept. 20th, 1882, at Athens, Ga.

Charles E. Hauser, born Sept. 20th, 1885 ,at Athens, Ga. Died
February 18th, 1887.

The following deaths are recorded in the Rawson family :

William Washington Rawson, died June 20th, 1906.

Frank Samuel Rawson, Sr., died November 28th or 30th, 1889,
at Columbus, Ga.

Mrs, Annie Lumpkin Evans Rawson, died December 3rd, 1894,
at Athens, Ga.

Mrs. Anna Raiden Rawson, died May 14th, 1920, at Athens, Ga.

Marriages in the Rawson family are recorded as follow : :

Frank Samuel Rawson, Sr., married Annie Lumpkin Evans, De¬
cember 29th, 1849, at Athens, Ga.

G. Hauser married Rebecca M. Rawson, November 17th, 1875.

Frank Samuel Rawson, Jr., married Miss Frances Jenkins, Feb¬
ruary 20th, 1889.

H. T. Rawson was married on April 13th, at Greenwood, S. C.,
but I have no record of his wife’s maiden name.

Sarah Hughes Evans married E. L. Dottery, on September 2nd,
3 868. They left two children, Susie and William. Susie married
Hammock Anthony, of Winterville, Ga. William also has somo
children but their names are unknown to me.

Menecies Lindsey Evans married Henry Beusse on November 6th,
1856. A list of the Beusse family will show the children who came
to bless their home.

Martha Jane Evans married Thomas Williams and they had sew
eral children, the names of which were: Ferdie, Minnie, Sarah
Robert and Willie.

John Henry Dedrick Beusse was a brother of Henry Beusse and
they both lived in Athens and both had large families, which the list
will show.

The Evans family of which I am a descendant, is one of the oldest
families in America. They arrived from Wales in the early 1600 ’s,
and with their different branches and connections form one of the
largest and most prolific families in America and as far as I can

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trace back in regards to the Evans family and also in my own family,
the Beusses, they have believed in the Holy Bible and in Jesus
Christ, who was crucified on Calvary, and I can say to my children
and to all the Evanses, there is no better blood than runs in their
veins. The simple fact that they were all Christians and American
citizens who are always loyal to their country; and the facts will
show that there has never been a war in America beginning with
the Colonial Wars, the French Wars, the Revolutionary War,
the War of 1812, the Indian Wars, the Civil War, the Spanish-
American War and the World War; there has never been a war in
which America was concerned but found the Evanses and the
Beusses and their kinsmen doing their duty. When a man loves his
God and offers his life for his country, I do not know of anything
that is greater than duties well done.

The Evans family, since Colonial days have proven their worth
to America and did their duty during the Colonial days, during the
Revolution and all the other wars. Some have been generals, some
privates, some captains, lieutenants, etc., some have been preachers,
some judges of courts, some justices of the peace, United States
senator and a governor of South Carolina, some have been farmers
and business men and a great many of them have made great suc¬
cesses in life and I want to say to the Evans kinsmen that they
should be proud and flattered at their ancestors and every one of
the Evans women descendants are entitled to join the Colonial
Societies, the D. A. R. ’s, Daughters of the Confederacy, etc., from
the simple fact that their ancestors served in all these wars and the
military records of a great many of them will be found in this
book, and also of the Bensse family and their kinsmen and we can
be proud of one fact and that is that they have not been drafted,
but have always been ready to defend their country in its time of
need.

George Nathaniel Evans and William Nelson Evans both served
through the Civil War.

In my hunt for data for this book, I find that one William Evans,
who served in the Revolution from Pennsylvania, claimed to come
from Ireland. There were also some in Maryland, and a few in
Virginia, but the majority of the Evanses were Welsh, and if the
truth were known, they all started in England, Wales, Ireland and
Scotland, and yon will find today some Evanses in England holding
high government positions.

THOMAS ALEXANDER EVANS.

(Son of Geo. N. and Malisse Evans).

Thomas Alexander Evans was born in Madison County, February
15th, 1859, and married Geneva K. Attaway, December 31st, 1878.
The following children were born to them: Nettie Malisse, Bessie,

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Alvin Edgar, Geneva Maude, Susie Lillian, Frel Wilburn, Cleo
Edna, Tommie Merdelle.

Nettie Malisse Evans married T. C. Garrison and the following
children were born to them : Thomas Howell Garrison, Alva Sue
Garrison, Jurelle Garrison.

Nettie Malisse Garrison died November 30th, 1921.

Bessie Evans married W. H. Maley and the following children
have blessed that union : Roberta Maley, Marjorie Maley.

Susie Lillian Evans married F. T. Ritchie and the following
children have been born to them : Sanford Ritchie, Evans Ritchie,
Telford Ritchie, Geneva Ritchie, Sarah Ritchie.

Alvin Edgar Evans married Eunice Boggs and the following
children have been born to them : Therese Evans, Grace Evans,
Martha Evans, Ruth Evans.

Fred Wilburn Evans married Ebbie Appleby and the names of
their children are as follows : Evelyn Evans, Fred W. Evans, Jr.

Cleo Edna Evans married G. Hubert Martin.

Cleo Edna Evans died Januarv 1st, 1917.

Tommie Merdelle Evans married Hoyt E. Nunn.

Alva Sue Garrison married Hoyt Merk.

Thomas Howell Garrison married Thelma Culpepper.

NOTE: Thomas Alexander Evans is a farmer and owns a beauti¬
ful farm. He also owns bank stock and mill stock. He is a man
who provides well for his family and lives well and is a good
Christian.

GEORGE ROBERT EVANS.

(Son of Wm. Nelson Evans).

George Robert Evans was born September 11th, 1856, and mar¬
ried Eliza Ann Smith September 12th, 1879. She was born July
6th, 1862.

There were born to this couple, the following children, all of
whom are now living:

Allie Trammell Evans, born July 30th, 1880, and married Mary
Alice Langford, January 3rd, 1901.

t Ida Nevada Evans was born July 15th, 1882, and married Edgar
Newton Langford, April, 1900.

Maud Coelia Evans, was born February 29th, 1885, and married
Warren Columbus Reynolds, December, 1903.

Never Inez Evans, was born July 24th, 1887, and married Thomas
Holeman, September, 1909.

William Claudius Sanford Evans, was born March 6th, 1890, and
married Mary Jane Holeman, December, 1909.

Ina Irene Evans, was born September 25th, 1892 and married
Claude Pharr, May, 1922.

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Minnie Lena Evans, was born April 2nd, 1895, and married Wil¬
liam Ely Reynolds, January 3rd, 1915.

Katie Pauline was born February 8th, 1898, and married Jeffy
Jarrett, August 29th, 1919.

Ruth Linnieoleen Evans, was born February 2nd, 1901, and mar¬
ried Roy Doster, November 24th, 1921.

Emma Julia Evans, was born January 7th, 1904, and married
Robert Royce Culberson, December 24th, 1922.

NOTE : George Robert Evans is as fine a specimen of manhood
as any one would care to see. He is over six feet tall and weighs
around 210 to 215 pounds. He is a farmer and is the first man to
invent the disc plow, but being a little careless and putting off
getting a patent, someone stole his idea and got a patent first. He
is a good neighbor and a friend to humanity.

EVANS FAMILY, DECENDED FROM NATHAN EVANS,
LOCATED AROUND CHERAW, MARION AND BENNETTS-
VILLE, ETC., S. C.

Thomas Ayer married Frances Malone.

Ann Peggy Ayer married James Magee.

Elizabeth Magee married Thomas or Geo. Hodges.

Elizabeth Hodges married Col. Thomas Evans.

Children of Col. Thomas and Elizabeth (Hodges) Evans:

1. Josiah J. Evans married Dorothea DeWitt, (daughter Wm. De-

Witt and Mary Devonald).

2. Thomas Evans married Rebecca DeWitt. (Bishop Gregg states

that Thomas Evans married a daughter of Harris Evans,
whereas he should have said Harris DeWitt).

3. Abel Evans.

4. Rebecca Evans married Charles Irby. (Son Col. Chas. Irby and

Mehitabel (Kolb Irby).

5. Elisa Evans married Christopher Pogues, and moved West.
Judge Josiah James Evans, son of Col. Thomas and Elizabeth

(Hodges) Evans, born in 1786, died May 6th, 1858, while
sitting in his chair in the Senate, Washington, D. C., mar¬
ried Dorothea DeWitt, daughter of William and Mary
(Devonald ) DeWitt.

(See page 26, Thomas’ History of Marlboro).

Children of Josiah J. and Dorothea (DeWitt) Evans:

1. William Evans married Jane Witherspoon, of Society Hill, S. C.

2. Edward Evans married Chestnut Taylor, of Columbia, S. C.

3. Samuel Wilds Evans married Alexina Wallace.

4. Thomas Evans married Miss Campbell.

5. Elizabeth Evans married Alfred Martin, of Hampton County,

S. C.

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William Evans, son of Josiali J. and Dorothea (DeWitt) Evans,
married Jane Witherspoon, of Society Hill, S. C.

Children of William and Jane (Witherspoon) Evans:

1. Witherspoon Evans married Miss Berta Spain, of Darlington,
S. C. Witherspoon Evans died several years ago ; his widow

lives in Darlington, S. C., with her brother, Judge Thos. II.
Spain. They had no children.

2. Devonald Evans married Miss Lula Dargan, of Darlington, S.

C. Devonald Evans is dead, and his widow resides in Darling¬
ton, S. C., with her two sons, Harry D. Evans and Lucian D.
Evans.

Edward Evans, son of Josiah J. and Dorothea (DeWitt) Evans,
married Chestnut Taylor, of Columbia, S. C. They lived in
Society Hill, S. C.

Children of Edward and Chestnut (Taylor) Evans:

1. Rosa, married Lucas McIntosh, of Society Hill, S. C.

2. Chestnut, lives at Society Hill, S. C.

3. Alice, became the second wife of Capt. J. H. Hardin.

4. Josiah, died unmarried.

5. Taylor, died unmarried.

Children of Rosa (Evans) and Lucas McIntosh:

1. David, married Mary Hutchinson.

2. James L., married Florence Manigault.

3. Louisa, married J. A. Spruill, Cheraw, S. C.

4. Chestnut, married Raymond Donald, Society Hill, S. C.

5. Rosa, married W. Edwin Dargan, Darlington ,S. C.

6. Martha, married Robert Timmerman, Charleston, S. C.

Samuel Wilds Evans, son of Josiah J. and Dorothea (DeWitt)
Evans married Alexina Wallace, Daughter of Andrew Wal¬
lace of Scotland, and Sallie Patrick.

Children of Samuel Wilds and Alexina (Wallace) Evans:

1. Sallie Evans married Dr. Alexander McQueen. (Their only

child died in Texas.

2. Dora Evans married Edward McIntosh, a brother of Lucas Mc¬

Intosh. They had no children.

3. Wm. DeWitt Evans married Mary E. Pegues.

4. Elizabeth Evans married W. Robert Godfrey, Cheraw, S. C.

They had no children.

5. Thomas Smith Evans never married.

6. Agnes Evans became the second wife of Dr. John McLean, of

Cheraw, S. C.

7. Mary Evans married Wm. C. Wilson, of Darlington, S. C.

8. E. Wallace Evans of Bennettsville, S. C.

Children of Wm. DeWitt Evans, son of Samuel Wilds and
Alexina (Wallace) Evans, and his wife Mary E. Pegues,
daughter of Benj. F. and Sara Ann Wilds (Gillespie) Pegues.
1. Alexina Wallace Evans lives in Bennettsville, S. C.

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2. Harriet Hodges Evans married Dr. F. S. Hodges, of Jack¬

sonville, Fla.

3. Nelle Pegues Evans married H. J. Thurman, of Virginia.

They live in Greensboro, N. C.

4. Samuel Wilds Evans married Rebecca Noble Calhoun.

They live at Clemson College, S. C.

5. Frank Pegues Evans married Cornelia Witherspoon, of

Florida. They live in Cheraw, S. C.

6. Josiah James Evans, Attorney-at-Law, BennettsviHe, S. C.

7. Elizabeth Godfrey Evans, Greensboro, N. C.

8. Thomas Smith Evans married Mildred Kinsey. They live

in Cheraw, S. C.

9. Nan Keitt Evans married Thos. B. Spencer, Tarboro, N. C.

10. Dorothea DeWitt Evans died young.

11. Margaret DeWitt Evans married Claude D. Crosby, Ches¬

ter S. C.

Children of Agnes Evans, daughter of Samuel Wilds and Alex-
ina (Wallace) Evans and her husband, Dr. John McLean, of
Cheraw, S. C.

1. Dora McLean died unmarried.

2. Agnes McLean married William Hickson, Cheraw, S. C.

3. William Godfrey McLean died in Railroad accident when

a young man.

Children of Mary Evans, daughter of Samuel Wilds and Alex-
ina (Wallace) Evans and her husband, Wm. C. Wilson, of
Darlington, S. C.

1. Thomas Evans Wilson married Bertha Briggs, Darling¬

ton, S. C.

2. Alexina Evans Wilson married Albert S. James, Darling¬

ton, S. C.

3. Hannah Lide Wilson married B. Frank Pegues, Cheraw,

S. C.

4. May - Wilson married W. Wilds Mclver, Greenville,

S. C.

5. John McLean Wilson died young.

Thomas Evans, son of Josiah James Evans and Dorothea (De¬
Witt) Evans married Miss Campbell.

Children of Thomas Evans and - (Campbell) Evans.

1. Josiah Evans died young, killed in Civil War.

2. Campbell Evans who disappeared.

3. Mary Evans married Campbell King. They had one son, Kirk

King of Darlington, S. C., who married Mrs. Lucy (Davis)
Norment, the widow of Frank Norment of Darlington, S. C.
Elizabeth Evans, daughter of Josiah James Evans and Dorothea
( DeWitt 1 Evans, married Alfred Martin of Hampton County,
S. C.

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Children of Elizaetli (Evans) and Alfred Martin.

1. William Martin.

2. Alfred Martin.

3. Alice Martin married Samuel Marshall.

4. Elizabeth Martin married Mr. Cozart, of Augusta, Ga.

5. Elise Martin married Mr. Jones, and they live at the old home

in Hampton County, S. C.

Eliza Evans, daughter of Col. Thomas and Elizabeth (Hodges)
Evans, married Christopher Pegues and they moved to the
West.

Children of Eliza (Evans) and Christopher Pegues:

1. Samuel Wilds Gillespie Pegues.

They had several other children and decendants, but none of
them reside in S. C., and their names are not known.
Rebecca Evans, daughter of Col. Thomas and Elizabeth
(Hodges) Evans married Charles Irby, son of Col. Charles
Irby, the settler and his wife Mehitabel (Kolb) Irby.

They had a number of children and after the death of Mr. Irby,
(See page 30, Thomas’ History of Marlboro) the family moved
to Alabama. Among the children are:

1. Mary Irby married Benj. Franklin Pegues. She died and

Pegues afterwards married Sara Ann Wilds Gillespie and had
a large family of children. (See Gillespie Chart).

2. John Irby married Catherine Alison.

3. Sarah Irby married William J. Pegues.

NOTE : — Benjamin Franklin Pegues and William J. Pegues
were brothers and they married sisters.

(See also page 92, Gregg’s History for Irby family).

Mary Irby, daughter of Charles and Rebecca (Evans) Irby
married Benjamin Franklin Pegues.

Children of Benj. Franklin and Mary (Irby) Pegues:

1. Julia Pegues married W. W. Irby, her father’s first cousin. He
was the son of James Irby and his wife, Miss Wright.
Children of W. W. Irby and Julia (Pegues) Irby :

1. Ida Burch Irby married Walter D. Pegues, Clieraw, S. C.

2. Mary Ethel Irby.

3. Charles Irby.

4. William W. Irby, married and lives in Florida.

5. Joe Irby.

6. Julia Irby.

7. Frank Irby, lives in Cheraw, S. C.

E. Rebecca Irby, lives in Cheraw, S. C.

NOTE : — Benj. Franklin Pegues afterwards married Sara Ann
Wilds Gillespie. See Gillespie and Evans lines for their
decendents.

See line of James Irby, son of Col. Charles Irby.

John Irby, son of Charles and Rebecca (Evans) Irby, married

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Catherine Allison, daughter of (Catherine Allison Irby after¬
wards married John C. Bethea, and they had one child, Ed.
C. Bethea).

Children of John Irby and Catherine (Allison) Irby:

1. Elizabeth Irby married Henry J. Rogers.

Children of Elizabeth (Irby) and Henry J. Rogers:

1. Kate Rogers married John R. Townsend.

2. Henry Rogers married Elizabeth Harrington, daughter of

H W. and Rebecca (Pegues) Harrington. See Evans and
Harrington lines.

3. Nannie Rogers married William Hillard. (She lives in

Florence, S. C., and has a number of children. One of
her daughters married an Ervin, in Darlington County,
and the youngest married a Mr. LaBruce from George¬
town, S. C.

4. Julius C. Rogers married Anna Draughan. They live in

Bennettsville, S. C.

5. Frank Benjamin Rogers married Minnie Sparks.

6. Thomas Irby Rogers, Attorney-at-Law, Bennettsville, S. C.

7. Elizabeth Rogers lives in Bennettsville, S. C.

8. Henrietta Rogers married W. H. Ellerbe. (See Thomas

Ellerbe, Jr., record).

9. John I. Rogers married (1) Annie Drake, (2) Harriett Har¬

rington, daughter of James Auld and Sallie (Threadgill)
Harrington. See Evans and Harrington lines.

10. Minnie Rogers.

Henry J. Rogers later married Elizabeth Kinney and had two
children, Annie Lou, who married Eli Gregg and lives in
Florence County, and Nick Rogers.

Thomas Irby Rogers, son of Henry J. and Elizabeth |Irby)
Rogers, married Cora McCormick.

Their Children:

1. Elizabeth Rogers married John Drake, Bennettsville, S. C.

2. Cora Belle Rogers married Mr. Perry, Batesburg, S. C.

3. Nannie Rogers, lives at Bennettsville, S. C.

4. Hortense Rogers, lives at Bennettsville, S. C.

5. Henry Rogers, lives at Bennettsville, S. C.

6. Kate Rogers, lives at Bennettsville, S. C.

Henrietta Rogers, daughter of Henry J. and Elizabeth (Irby)
Rogers, married William H. Ellerbe. (Gov. of S. C.)

Their children :

1. Earl Rogers Ellerbe married Ida Rogers, (near Bennetts¬

ville, S C.)

2. William S, Ellerbe married Kate Edens, Bennettsville, S. C.

3. Henry Irby Ellerbe married Miss Incas of Charleston, S; C.

4. Sarah Elizabeth Ellerbe married Wm. Gary Nichols, Nich¬

ols, S. C.

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5. Frank Rogers Ellerbe, Bennettsville, S. C.

6. William Haselden Ellerbe, died young.

Sarah Irby, daughter of Charles and Rebecca (Evans) Irby,
married William J. Pegnes. (Died Feb. 6th, 1840).

Children of William J. and Sarah (Irby) Pegues.

1. Rebecca, married Henry William Harrington.

2. Jane, married James McNeill.

3. Harriett, married Marshall Threadgill.

Jane Pegues, daughter of Wm. J. and Sarah (Irby) Pegues,
married James McNeill. Their descendants live in Moul¬
trie, Ga.

Harriett Pegues, daughter of Wm. J. and Sarah (Irby) Pegues,
married Marshall Threadgill.

Their children :

1. Sallie Threadgill married her first cousin, James Auld

Harrington. (See his line).

2. John Threadgill, lives in North Carolina.

Rebecca Pegues, daughter of Wm. J. and Sarah (Irby) Pegues,
married (1) Henry William Harrington, and (2) W. P.
Pollock, of Cheraw, S. C.

Children of H. W. and Rebecca (Pegues) Harrington:

1. James Auld Harrington married (1) Sallie Threadgill, his

first cousin, and (2) Sallie Gillespie.

2. Henry W. Harrington married Lucy Waddill, of Cheraw,

S. C.

3. Elizabeth Harrington married Henry Rogers, near Rock¬

ingham, N. C.

4. Harriett Harrington married Dr. Theo. E. Wannamaker

Cheraw, S. C.

5. Charlotte Powe Harrington married Lemuel Drake Har-

rall, Cheraw, S. C.

Children of W. P. and Rebecca (Pegues) Pollock:

1. Nan Pollock married E. Waddill Pegues and lives in Bir¬

mingham, Ala.

2. Jennie Pollock married Judge Rathbourn and lives in

Providence, R. I.

3. Hon. Wm. P. Pollock married Elizabeth Salley, of Orange¬

burg, and lives in Cheraw, S. C.

James Auld Harrington, son of H. W. and Rebecca (Pegues)
Harrington, married (1) Sallie Threadgill, daughter of
Marshall and Harriett (Pegues) Threadgill, and (2) Sallie
Gillespie, daughter of Francis S. and Sidney (Lockwood)
Gillespie. (See Gillespie line).

Children of James A. and Sallie (Threadgill) Harrington:

1. Harriett Harrington married John Rogers. See John Irby

and Catherine (Allison) Irby line.

2. Henry Harrington.

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James Auld Harrington died in April, 1920.

No children by second marriage.

Henry W. Harrington, son of H. W. and Rebecca (Pegnes)
Harrington married Lucy Waddill.

Their children :

1. Lula Harrington.

2. Ruth Harrington.

Annie Harrington, died young.

Mr. Harrington’s widow lives in Cheraw, S. C., with her two
daughters.

Elizabeth Harrington, daughter of H. W. and Rebecca
(Pegues) Harrington, married Henry Rogers.

Their children :

They have several sons and a daughter, Charlotte, Rogers,
and live near Rockingham, N. C. See line of John Irby
and Catherine (Allison) Rogers.

Harriett Harrington, daughter of H. W. and Rebecca (Pegues)
Harrington, married Dr. Theo. E. Wannamaker, Cheraw,
S. C.

Their children :

1. Irene Wannamaker married Henry Powe Duvall, Jr., Che¬

raw, S. C. (She died about 2 years ago). See Powe and
Ellerbe lines.

2. Harriett Wannamaker married Paul Hardin, Chester, S. C.

3. Dr. Theo. E. Wannamaker, Jr., married Ethel Page.

4. Herbert W. Wannamaker married Leila Kinsey.

5. J. Henry Wannamaker married Marion Hurt.

6. L. Caston Wannamaker.

7. William Haynesworth Wannamaker married Helen Mclver,

of Cheraw, S. C. (See Powe and Ellerbe lines).

8. Elise Wannamaker married George Gage, of Chester, S. C.
Charlotte Powe Harrington, daughter of H. W. and Rebecca

(Pegues) Harrington, married Lemuel Drake Harrall, of
Cheraw, S. C.

Their children:

1. Henry Harrington Harrall married Kate McGregor, of

Chesterfield, S. C.

2. Alexander Pollock Harrall, Cheraw, S. C.

3. Annie Laurie Harrall, Cheraw, S. C.

4. Pauline Harrall, died young.

5. Charlotte Harrington Harrall married Capt. W. P. Walker,

of Charleston, S. C.

6. James Presley Harrall, Windsor, Ky.

(See Powe and Ellerbe lines).

Nan Pollock, daughter of H. W. and Rebecca (Pegues) Pol¬
lock, married W. Waddill Pegues, of Birmingham, Ala.
(See Gillespie line).

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Their children :

1. Mancy, died young.

2. Rebecca.

3. Virginia.

Martin DeWitt married Ethel Douthel.

Their children :

1. Capt. Wm. DeWitt married Mary Devonald, daughter of Daniel
Devonald. Their ten children were :

1. Maj. John DeWitt married Nancy Powe, daughter of

Thomas and Rachel (Allen) Powe.

2. Charles M. DeWitt, who never married.

3. Daniel, who died young.

4. Mary DeWitt married Edward Edwards. The Edwards

family in Darlington County are descended from them.

5. Sarah DeWitt married (1) Mr. James, and (2) Samuel

Ervin.

6. Eleanor DeWitt married Allen Chapman. The Mathesons

in Cheraw and all the Chapman’s are descended from
them.

7. Elizabeth DeWitt married Samuel Wilds and (2) Dr.

Thomas Smith.

8. Margaret DeWitt married Enoch Hanford. Their daughter

married a Mclver of Cheraw, and was the mother of
Judge Henry Mclver, of Cheraw, S. C.

9. Dorothea DeWitt married Judge Josiah J. Evans. (See

Evans record).

10. Harriett, died young.

2. Harris DeWitt married (1) Elizabeth, daughter of Richard

Breckington, and (2) Miss Pawley, and moved out west.

3. Thomas DeWitt.

4. John DeWitt married and was the father of Martin DeWitt, of

Darlington, S. C.

John DeWitt, son of Wm. and Mary (Devonald) DeWitt, mar¬
ried Nancy Powe, daughter of Thomas and Rachel (Allen)
Powe.

Their children :

1. Sarah DeWitt maried (1) John McCollough, and (2) Mr.
Wheeler, an Episcopal minister, who is buried in the
Episcopal cemetery at Society Hill, S. C.

Rev. John McCollough, the son of John and Sarah (DeWitt)
McCollough, was an Episcopal Clergyman ; was quite a Mis¬
sionary in the Church, and built up a number of churches in
the Piedmont section of the State. He was located at
Greenville, Spartanburg, Union, and Walhalla, where he died.

Phoebe Wheeler,, the daughter of Mr. Wheeler and Sarah (De¬
Witt) Wheeler, died young.

Elizabeth DeWitt, daughter of William and Mary (Devonald)

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DeWitt, married (1) Samuel Wilds, and (2) Dr. Thomas
Smith There were no children by the second marriage.
Children of Judge Samuel and Elizabeth (DeWitt) Wilds:

1. Caroline Wilds married D. R. W. Mclver.

Children of D. R. W. and Carolina (Wilds) Mclver:

1. Carrie Mclver married Major J. J. Lucas, of Societv Hill

S. C.

2. Fanny Mclver married Geo. Williams, brother of Gov.

Williams.

3. Stewart Mclver, of Greenville, S. C.

NATHAN EVANS.

Nathan Evans was a Welshman, who came from the State of
Pennsylvania, in the year 1735 or 1736, to Cheraw, S. C., and a few
months later located on land granted to him on what was known
as Cat Fish. He came to Cat Fish from the Welsh Neck above, and
was one of the first who went to the lower part of the Welsh tract
and remained there in the neighborhood of Tart's Mill, land in this
neighborhood being granted him.

He had three sons and several daughters, the names of his sons
being Thomas, David and Nathan, all three of whom served in the
Revolutionary War. David was a Captain in the Revolution and a
man of note. I do not think he was ever married.
Nathan and Thomas both had several children, among the
latter being Thomas Evans, Jr., who after the Revolution moved to
Wilkes County, Ga., and was granted land for his services in the
Revolution. Some of his kinsmen also came with him and they
located in Wilkes County, Ga.

One of the daughters of Nathan Evans married into the family of
Baker's, who were very prominent in the Revolution.

Nathan Evans was grandfather of the late Thomas Evans and
General William Evans, of Marion, S. C., and was father of Nathan
Evans, who was a man of upright character through life.

Tart’s Mill, referred to above is about six miles above Marion,
S. C.

WILLIAM EVANS, SON OF DANIEL EVANS.

Written by W. A. Clarke.

The Evans family is of Welsh origin and its earliest immigrants
came to American in ante Revolutionary days. Daniel Evans served
in that war as a member of Capt. Patrick Carr’s Burke County
Rangers, and possibly in other commands. He lived in Burke
County not far from the present site of Story’s Mill, and he and

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his wife, “Polly” gave to the world a number of children, only
three of whom bear personal relation to these records, viz :

William Evans married Mahala Wiggins and lived for a time at
Mount Enon. About 1840, he located at Brothersville and his home
is still owned, though not occupied by one of his surviving daugh¬
ters. Five children were born to him, Leonidas, Floyd, Claudia
(•Crockett,), Sarah Eleanora (Walker) and M. Sophronia. Only the
two last named still survive. William Evans died during my boy¬
hood, but I recall his stalwart frame, his fondness for fox and deer
hunting and his staunch adherence to the Baptist faith. His son,
Floyd, was my boyhod schoolmate, and when our academic days
were ended, I went to Emory College and he to the Kentucky Mili¬
tary Institute at Frankfort. In the summer of ’61, an entertain¬
ment was given at the old Poythressville Academy near McBean,
for the benefit of the soldiers and Floyd, Bill Wimberly, my brother
and myself were present. We had all arranged to go to the front
and were talking in light and jocular vein of the life before us
when Floyd said, “Boys, you may laugh and joke about it, but we
are not all coming home again.” In sad fulfillment of his prophecy,
the war had not grown old before his young and manly form was
sleeping in a soldier’s grave. My classmate, Wimberly, came back
again, but maimed for life by a cruel minie at Gettysburg, while my
brother brought from the field before the end had come, a fatal lung
affection and his young life faded out in the bloom of early man¬
hood. The writer alone came out unscathed by ball or shell or fell
disease, and yet despite this fact within these later years an enter¬
prising manufacturer of artificial legs has plied me o’re and o’re
again with letters, circulars, and other advertisements, insisting that
I allow him to supplement my walking outfit with this added, and in
his opinion, absolutely needed equipment. Many years ago I was
playing with a little child — a child too young to place a seal upon
her lips, and as she played she said to me, “Your legs looks like
they was all breeches,” and I could scarce deny the soft impeach¬
ment. And so it may be that my manufacturing friend had based
his zeal and misplaced interest in my locomotive welfare upon the
fact that nature had failed to give me bodily at least, any “visible
means of support.”

Daniel Evans who came to Wilkes County, Ga., and was granted
land for service in the Revolutionary War. This land was granted
1783.

COPIED FROM “A LOST ARCADIA” WRITTEN BY WALTER

A. CLARKE

(A Kinsman).

And now before taking leave of the Walker tribe there are two
or three incidents in the general family history that may not be lack¬
ing in interest to the reader.

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During the Revolutionary War, Valley Forge was owned by
Joseph Walker, and his home was headquarters for Washington’s
officers. During all that cold and dreary winter of 1777, Joseph’s
good wife, Sarah made corn mush and sent it with milk to the senti¬
nels standing guard near her home.

Helen Walker, of Edinburgh, Scotland, was the original of the
beautiful character, Jeanie Deans, portrayed by Walter Scott in
his “Heart of Mid Lothian.” After her death, the tender hearted
novelist placed a monument at her grave bearing on its face a
beautiful tribute to her memory written with his own hand.

Allusion has been made to the marriage of my grandfather, Reu¬
ben Walker to Martha Jones Evans. Nearly fifty years later, Wil¬
liam Evans Walker, son of Col. A. C. Walker, was married to Sarah
Eleanora Evans, daughter of William Evans. These two unions of
the two families add interest to the fact that some centuries ago the
marriage of Hannah Walker to Samuel Evans of Wales, connected
the Walker name and blood with the King of Wales and the King
of Man, both of whom were descended from King Lind, who ruled
Brittany when invaded by Julius Caesar in 54 and 55 B. C.

Some years ago Camp 1389 U. C. V. secured the services of Rev.
Mr. Ledbetter, pastor of the Methodist Church at Louisville, Ga., in
a lecture for their benefit. Major William Gary was selected to
introduce the speaker. While waiting for the audience to material¬
ize, which I regret to say it failed to do, and while engaged in con¬
versation with the lecturer and Major Gary, the matter of pedigree
became the subject of discussion. Mr. Ledbetter said that he was a
descendant of King George of England, and Major Gary, not caring
to be overshadowed in ancestral prestige, replied that he was more
:,han sixty years of age before he learned that he was a lineal
descendant of King Robert Bruce of Scotland.

The writer, absolutely unconscious of any trace or taint of royal
blood in his plebeian veins, sat by in still unbroken silence and yet
if I had known then what I really do not know now, that my Evans
ancestral line carried me back to Mervyn Vrych, the King of Man,
and Essyx his wife, the daughter of the King of Wales, and through
them both to old King Lind of Early Brittany, whose brother, Cas-
wallon had with his sturdy yeomanry driven back the veteran
legions of Julius Caesar from the British Coast, my tongue would
scarce have been so silent, nor my lips so mute.

And yet, if my friend, Peter G. Walker is not off in his arithmetic,
and if old King Lind had lived only a thousand years ago, and if,
as Tom Watson would say, he was “Some Punkins” in his day, and
if my Evans ancestral line came directly from him, my share of his
royal prestige would be represented by the fraction one divided by
one billion, three hundred and seventeen thousand, eight hundred
and seventy-four. Run it back another thousand years to this old
Sovereign’s ancient era and there my royal strain would vanish
into thin and misty air.

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W elsh Settlements in South Carolina

From the time of its first settlement, it was esteemed a matter of
the utmost importance for the safety and prosperity of the Province
that its population should increase as rapidly as possible.

To this end, every inducement was held out to immigration. The
Royal bounty was promised in various forms, to the poor and
oppressed of other lands, to make America their home.

The unoccupied territory of the New World, fair and fertile, and
teeming in boundless resources, was declared to be open to the over¬
burdened industry and fruitless enterprise of the densely populated
state of Europe. Thus encouraged, large accessions were made,
at successive periods, to our infant settlements.

From 1696 to 1730, although it’s population gradually increased,
no large addition was made, at any one time, to the inhabitants
of Carolina. About the latter year, a new scheme was adopted to
promote the settlement of the province which proved successful
beyond the most sanguine expectations of the Government. Gov¬
ernor Johnson was instructed to mark out eleven townships, in
square plots, on the sides of rivers, consisting each of twenty
thousand acres and to divide the land within them into shares of
fifty acres for each man, woman and child that should come over
to occupy and improve them. Each township was to form a
Parish, and all the inhabitants were to have an equal right to the
river. As soon as the Parish should increase to the number of a
hundred families, they were to have the right to send two members
of their own election to the Assembly, and to enjoy the same
privileges as the Parishes already established. Each settler was to
pay four shillings per year for every hundred acres of land, ex¬
cepting the first ten years, during which they were to be rent free.
Governor Johnson issued a warrant to St. John, Surveyor General
of the Province, empowering him to go and mark out these town¬
ships ; but he, having demanded an exorbitant sum of money for
bis trouble, the members of the council agreed among themselves
to do this piece of service for their country. Accordingly, eleven
townships were marked out by them in the following situations :
Two on the river Altamaha, two on Savannah, two on Santee,
one on Pedee, one on Waccamaw, one on Wateree, and one on Black
River.

The township on the Pedee was called Queensborough ; and to the
time of its being marked out — 1731-32 — or a period but little sub¬
sequent, is to be assigned the date of our first settlements. There
was no delay in the execution of this work (of marking out the
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Maejsty’s Government, for building up it’s waste places, and the
more speedy settlement of the Province.

The first proceedings with reference to the laying out of the
townships, was in meeting of the Council on Friday, March 16th,
1731, in Charles-town ; his Excellency, the Governor, the Honorable
Lieutenant Governor, Messrs. Arthur Middleton, Robert Wright,
Thomas Waring, John Fenwick and William Bull, being present.
It was resolved “That the Honorable Mr. Chief Justice Wright
and Alexander Skeene, Esq., do mark out three townships, pursu¬
ant to his Majesty’s instructions for that purpose, a copy of which
is to be given them, with this resolution. One upon Black River,
one upon Pedee River, and the other upon Waccamaw River — that
they return plots of same to this Board, and that they be allowed
five hundred pounds currency for each township out of the Public
Treasury for marking out the same. Other persons were also
appointed on this occasion to mark out townships on other rivers,
according to instructions. In the following year, viz: March, 1732 —
the township on the Waccamaw appears to have been laid out and
called Kingston. We are assured, said the Council, in reply to a
message on the subject from the Lower House, “That at the time
of the marking out of the said township, there were no settlements
made within the same, except one, then begun by Jennour, who
claimed 700 acres, but by what title we could not learn, he then
being in North Carolina; nor were there any other claims made to
lands within the township, that we could hear of, save only by
Mr. William Watties, of 500 acres, at a place called Pond Bluff,
but not then settled.

On the 2nd of June of the same year, the Commissioners made
full return of the plans of the towns and townships which they
had marked out, pursuant to a resolution in Council, on the 20th
of March previous, on Waccamaw, Pedee, and Black Rivers, and
were ordered to be paid accordingly. From the annexed plot or
draft, Queensborough township appears to have been laid out on
the Great Pedee, but a short distance from the mouth of Little
Pedee River, embracing a part of what has since been known as
Britton Neck, (a narrow strip of land between the two rivers), and
extending also to the west side of the Pedee. But for this Plot,
most unexpectedly found, the exact location of the township of
Queensborough could not have been determined. It was probably
a part of the return made by the Commissioners, or may have been
the “Draft of the Rivers” accompanying the letter of Col. Pawley,
to Council, of June 7th, 1739, in connection with the dividing line
between Prince George and Prince Frederick’s, which has already

been given.

No settlements appear to have been made up to this time within
the limits of Queensborough township. To encourage such settle¬
ments, generally, further action was taken by Council.

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On the 14th of February, 1734, it was ordered “That the several
persons who have laid out the several townships do prepare a rough
draft, or plan of a town to be laid out in each township, containing
about 800 acres, out of which a common of 300 acres, to be laid out
in the back part and the remaining 500 acres to be laid out in half
acre lots, to be at a convenient distance from the river, which rough
draft or plan is to be laid before this Board for their consideration.”

In accordance with these instructions, the draft or plan of a
town in Queensborough Township was made, as appears from a
notice in the Gazette, as late as June 3rd-10th, 1751, advertising
lot number 64, in Queensborough Town. There is, however, no
evidence remaining to show that the town, as such was ever
settled. Its locations appears to have been on the west bank of the
river. The inducements held out in connection with the town¬
ships appear to have led to a visit of some of the Welsh from
Pennsylvania for the purpose of exploration and settlement, and
the removal, very shortly after, of the colony which was destined
to form so important an element in the history and progress of the
region of the Upper Pedee.

The emigration from Wales to Pennsylvania, from which this to
Pedee proceeded, “had its beginning,” we are told in the following
manner. “In the Spring of 1701, several Baptists in the counties
of Pembroke and Cairmarthen, resolved to go to America ; and as
one of the company Thomas Griffith was a minister, they were ad¬
vised to be constituted a church. They took the advice and the in¬
strument of their confederation was in being in 1770, but is now
lost or mislaid. The names of the confederates were as follows,
viz: Thomas Griffith, Griffeth Nicholas, Evan Edmond, John Ed¬
ward, Elisha Thomas, Enoch Morgan, Richard Davis, James David,
Elizabeth Griffeth, Lewis Edmond, Mary John, Mary Thomas, Eliza¬
beth Griffeth, Tennet David, Margaret Matthias, Tennet Morris.
These sixteen persons which may be styled a church emigrant, met
at Milford Haven in the month of June, 1701, embarked upon the
good ship William and Mary ; and on the 8th of September following,
landed at Philadelphia. The brethren there treated them courteous¬
ly, and advised them to settle about Pennepec ; thither they went
and there continued about a year and a half, during which time
their church increased from sixteen to thirty-seven.

But, finding it inconvenient to tarry about Pennepec, they, in
1703, took on land in Newcastle County from Messrs. Evans, Davis
and Willis, who had purchased said Welsh tract from William
Penn, containing upwards of 30,000 acres, and thither removed
the same year, and built a little meeting house on the spot where
the present stands. This house was a neat brick building, forty
feet by thirty.

The Welsh tract was first in the Province of Pennsylvania, after¬
wards, upon the change of boundaries, in the state of Delaware.

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This will account for the fact that the Welsh were sometimes spoken
of as being come from Pennsylvania, at other times from Dela¬
ware.

Some of those who were members of the colony on Pedes mus:
have followed the first emigration from Wales to Pennsylvania,
*<s their names do not appear in the foregoing list.

The first visit of the Welsh to Pedee appears to have been made
in the latter part of 1735, or early in the following year. It led to
a remarkable act of favor on the part of the Council to induce
the colony to come. Wishing, on their arrival, to settle in a body,
and be possessed of ample and exclusive privileges as to the
occupancy of the soil, they petitioned the government that an ex¬
tensive tract of land might be appropriated to their sole benefit
for a certain period. This appears from a message of the Lieuten¬
ant-Governor to the Lower House of Assembly, 2nd February,
1737, in which he said: “The late Lieutenant-Governor ,with the
advice of his Majesty’s Council, thought it would greatly tend to
the service and strengthening of this Province, to grant the petition
of several natives of the principality of Wales, in behalf of them¬
selves and others of their countrymen, who intend to settle in this
Province from Great Britain and Pennsylvania, praying the Lands
near the Forks above the Township on Pedee River might be re¬
served and set apart for their use, and Mr. John Ouldfield, being
thought a very proper person, was employed for that service.”

The petition here referred to bore date August 13th, 1736; and
having been favorably received by the Council, his Majesty’s Sur¬
veyor-General, James H. St. John, Esq., was instructed to have
the said tract laid out. Accordingly, he directed a precept to John
Ouldfield, bearing date November 16th, 1736, to “admeasure and
lay out, for the Welsh families that were to be imported to this
Province, tract of land containing in the whole on hundred, seventy-
three thousand, eight hundred and forty acres, situated and being
in Craven County. Ten thousand acres being part thereof lying
within the limits of the Township of Queensborough, on the north
side of the Pedee River, the remainder of said tract lying on the
south side of said river, and butting and bounding to the south-east
on the reserved lands of the said Township of Queensborough, and
all other sides on vacant lands as are supposed.

The survey was made, and a plot thereof returned 29th November,
1736, of which a copy is annexed. With reference to this plot, the
Lieutenant-Governor sent a message, 2nd February, 1737, to the
Lower House, saying: “I send it for your satisfaction and perusal,
also his (Ouldfields) acct., which I think so very reasonable, hope
you make provision to pay the same, as the sinking fund is so far
short of answering the engagements already entered into.”

House replied the next day as follows: “In answer to your
Honour’s message just now received, with the account of Mr. John

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Ouldfield, for surveying the Welsh tract of land on the Pedee
River, beg leave to inform your Honour that we have perused the
said account, and we are very much concerned to find, as the
account is so very moderate and reasonable, that there should not
be money sufficient in the Township Fund to discharge it. But we
hope your Honour will concur with us in opinion, that it is by no
means necessary, or would be justifiable in us to Tax our Constitu¬
ents to pay any such expense, especially as it may be so much more
justly and reasonably done by the duty on Negroes, should it be
thought proper by your Honour, in conjunction with the two
Houses of Assembly, to revise and continue that Duty, without
which we cannot forsee any method by which this account, or any
other of the same sort, can with justice to the people of this prov¬
ince, be provided for.

By order of the House,

CHARLES PINCKNEY, Speaker.

Feb. 3rd, 1737-8.

The tract thus surveyed and extending up the river but a short
distance above Mars Bluff, seems not to have been adapted to the
wants of the Welsh, or to have been a compliance by the Council
with their petition of the August previous, as was intended. They
consequently petitioned again for such an extension of the tract
as would answer all their purposes, and enable them to select their
lands to advantage. Their request was favorably regarded, as ap¬
pears from the following proclamation: “By the Hon. Thomas
Broughton, Esq., Lieutenant-Governor, and Oommander-in-Chief
in and over his Majesty’s Province of South Carolina.

“Whereas, I have, this day received information in Council, from
Daniel James, that the lands which David Lewis, Samuel Wild, and
the said Daniel James, prayed for in their petition of 13th of August
last, to be set apart for the Welsh families mentioned therein, were
the vacant lands they viewed, and desired, might be reserved for
them, lying on each side of Great Pedee River, and up to the main
branches thereof, and that the lands set forth, and prescribed in the
order of Council of the 21st January last, are not the lands they
desired, and were assigned them agreeable to the said petition ; nor
will these lands suit their intention of planting Hemp and Flax ; and
whereas, I have also received information from the said Daniel
James, that several of the said families, on the encouragement they
had from the first Order of Council, have sold their possessions in
Pennsylvania some being arrived, and others on their way to the
Province, I have therefore thought fit, by and with the advice
and consent of his Majesty’s Hon. Council, to issue this, my Proc¬
lamation to give notice, that I have (with the advice and consent
aforesaid) refused the said last order of Council on the 21st of
January, last and confirmed the said first order of the 13th of
August; and have ordered that the lines be run parallel, as near as

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may be, with the course of Great Pedee River; and further to give
notice, that the Surveyor General is ordered and directed to in¬
struct his Deputies not to survey, (for any other persons than the
said Welsh people) any more of the said lands above Pedee Town¬
ship, lying within eight miles on each side of the said river, and
so up to the Branches aforesaid. Given under my hand and the
Great Seal of this his Majesty’s Province, this 8th day of Feb¬
ruary, in the 10th year of his Majesty’s reign, Annoque Domini,
1737.”

This extension of the Welsh Tract up the Pedee to the two main
branches thereof, gave the infant Colony exclusive privileges over
a large territory, embracing for more than one hundred miles by
the course of the river, its rich alluvial bottom, and a valuable
class of lands in proximity to the swamp. The two main branches
referred to, must have been the Yadkin and Uwhare, or Yadkin
and Rocky Rivers — most probably the latter ; in either case, a point
(their junction) something considerably above the present boundary
line between South and North Carolina — the Rocky and Yadkin
Rivers uniting twenty-five miles above the said state lines, and the
Yadkin and Uwhare not less than fifty. With such inducements to
emigrate to the Pedee the Welsh were not slow in making their
way to the Province. The first visit of exploration by a few of
their number was made not later than the spring of 1736. They
appear, however, to have been preceeded by some other settlers,
the first name of which any record has been found was Joseph
Dopson. He was a grantee of 130 acres of land in what was after¬
wards the Welsh tract, as early as the 11th May, 1733.

This fact appears in a petition to Council by Jacob Kolb in 1753,
for the said land, the Petitioner stating therein that the said grant
was still in the Surveyor-General’s Office. The name of Dopson
seems to have disappeared not long after from the country. He
may have been a squatter, or merely in search of land, not making
any permanent settlement. The earliest grants on the west side
of the river, in the upper part of what is now Darlington District,
go back to the year 1734. Of the names of the grantees, no record,
perhaps remains. Lands were surveyed for Richard Barrow in what
was called, soon after, the Welsh Neck, as early as January, 1736.
Nothing is known of him, the name soon after having disappeared
from this region. This was the case with many other of the
first comers. They probably belonged to that class of people who
live on the outskirts of civilization, leading the way as hunters,
and keeping in the van of permanent settlers. They are not un-
frequently men of enterprise, but with a roving disposition, and
distaste for those wholesome restraints which society imposes on
its members. Exploring the way that others may follow, they have
often rendered essential service in the settlement of new regions,
without being generally appreceiated however, or taking any place,

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as they have deserved, in the history of man. Thus it was with
many, whose names appeared in the first record, only to be known
for a short time afterward.

In 1736, or early in the following year, a company of the Welsh
settled on Cat Fish, a stream in what is now Marion District, in the
tract first assigned them. Among these were Jenkin and Owen
David. They remained there a short time, and then removed higher
up the river to the neighborhood of the Welsh Neck. As appears
from the petition which led to the extension of the Welsh Tract
much above its original boundary, the lands on the upper Pedee
seems to have suited their agricultural purposes better, being well
adapted also to settlements immediately contiguous to the river.
To that rich and compact body of land, embraced in a bend of the
river, opposite the present village of Society Hill, and called from
the early period, the “Welsh Neck,” the attention of these prudent
settlers appears from the first to have been directed. And there
they began to gather in a body. The “Welsh Neck” extended from
“Crooked Creek” above, (on its outer line) to the Red Bluff below,
a distance of about six miles, embracing the rich lands of the swamp,
several miles across. During the Revolution, or about a generation
after the first settlement, the “Company” which mustered at the
McAll old field, numbered from 130 to 140, all of them said to be
Welsh. Between the years 1736 and 1746 almost all the lands in
the Welsh Neck were granted. By the latter part of 1737 most of
the families from Pennsylvania had arrived, and the infant colony
began to assume an organized and permanent character. Under its
leader, James James, Esq., were laid the foundations of future
growth and prosperity. Mr. James was possessed of larger means
than any of his companions and the most prominent individual
among them.

At this time a respectable proportion of the colony consisted of
the following persons, viz: James James and wife, Philip James
and wife, Daniel Devonald and wife, Abel James and wife, Daniel
James and wife, Thomas Evans and wife, John Jones and wife,
Thomas Harry and wife, Daniel Harry and wife, John Harry and
wife, Samuel Wilde and wife, Samuel Evans and wife, Griffith Jones
and wife, David Jones and wife, Thomas Jones and wife.

There were also others whose names appear at the same period,
viz:: Thomas James, Griffith John, William James, John New¬
berry, Evan Harry, Henry Oldacre, Hasker Newberry, William
Evnon, James Roger, David James, Daniel Dousnal, Samuel Sarance
(Sorrency and DeSorrency, as it was sometimes written), Evan
Vaughn, William Tarell (Terrell).

The first mentioned company, were in January, 1738, “organized
into a society of the Baptist faith,” and erected a house of worship
on the east bank of the river, a short distance above the ferry.

There they long continued to worship God after the manner of

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their fathers, and in that consecrated spot, where some monumental
remains are yet to be seen, their dead repose, awaiting the last
summons. This party with others appear to have moved in a body
from the Welsh Tract in Pennsylvania and Delaware to the Pedee
during the previous year if not a little earlier. Many sore lets
and hindrances awaited the progress of their settlements.

Of one of these grievances, complaint was made to the Govern¬
ment, as appears from the following message, sent by the Upper
House or Council, January 26th, 1737, to the Commons House of
Assembly :

“Mr. Speaker and gentlemen: Some of the Welsh settlers on
Pedee have lately complained to me that they have sufficint rason
to believe that the Indians will molest and disturb them in settling
the lands run out for the Welsh, intimating that one, Thompson, a
trader, has bought a great quantity of that tract, and pretends to
hold it by an Indian right, which, as I apprehend this practice may
attend with fatal consequences, I desire you appoint a committee
of your House to join a committee of his Majesty’s Council, to
consider of the most effectual method to prevent any private con¬
tracts with Indians for the land.

WM. BULL.”

A few days after, Committees were appointed to consider the
subject, and measures were adopted to prevent such difficulties in
the future.

The tide of emigration had now set in ,and constant additions
were made to the population on the Pedee. “At a Council held at
Ashley Ferry, September 16th, 1738, the Hon. Wm. Bull, President,
signed the following grants for land in Queensborough Township,
viz.

Jacob Buckholt, 250 acres.

Jeremiah Fickling, 450 acres.

Richard Thompson, 400 acres.

Joseph Jolly, 600 acres.

The Government continued to manifest a due concern for fresh
accessions to the Welsh population.

In the Council Chamber, 11th May, 1739, it was ordered, “That
the term for reserving the Welsh Tract upon Pedee River for the
sole benefit of the Welsh and Pennsylvania, be prolonged for the
space of two years from the expiration thereof, in the month of
August next, and all persons are required to take Notice thereof
at their Peril. By order of his Honour, the Lieut.-Governor, and his
Majesty’s Hon. Council.

“ALEX R. CRAMAHE, C. C.”

This was a liberal policy on the part of the government, and an
act of great favor to the Welsh.

The spirit of speculation began to show itself as to landed estate
even at this early period. On the 25th of May, 1739, 1,000 acres

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were advertised in Queensborough Township, but by whom does
not appear.

The removal of the Welsh from Pennsylvania and Delaware, and
the reports made to their countrymen in Wales, seem to have
excited a spirit of emigration thither from that country. The Colo¬
nial Authorities, having received some tidings of this kind, held out
additional inducements to them to come over. The following an¬
nouncement was made in the “Gazette” of the 7th and 14th July,
1739. “In Council, 7th day of July, 1739. There being great reason
to believe that many poor people of the Principality of Wales would
remove into this Province, provided they could be sure of having
the same bounty (Over and above the Land allowed by his
Majesty) as other poor Protestants have heretofore had who have
become settlers in his Majesty’s Township. Resolved, that the sum
of six thousands pounds shall be reserved out of the Township
Fund, to be appropriated as a Bounty to the first two hundred peo¬
ple above twelve years of age (two under twelve years of age to be
deemed as one) who shall arrive here from the Principality of Wales,
and become settlers upon the Welsh Tract upon Pedee, within the
space of Two Years from hence, the said bounty to be proportioned
as follows, viz :

“To each head above twelve years of age, twelve bushels of corn,
one barrel of beef, fifty wt. of pork, one hundred wt. of rice, one
bushel of salt.

“To each male above twelve years of age, also, one axe, one
broad hoe, one cow and calf, and one young sow, and the charge of.
measuring out and the fifty acres of land per head allowed by his
Majesty. A true copy.

“ALEXANDER CRAMAHE, C. C.”

The inducements here offered are supposed to have encouraged
and increased the emigration direct from Wales. By the year 1746,
already remarked, almost all the lands in the Welsh Neck wrere
granted, having been taken up exclusively by the Welsh.

The number of settlers had largely increased between 1740 and
1743. The following list of names and the quantities of land, re¬
spectively allotted, with the dates of entries, will convey some idea
of the progress made down to the year 1743. The list did not em¬
brace the names of all who had arrived, but only of those who had
neglected to comply with the requirements of the law respecting
the Township Settlers, and whose neglect operated to the prejudice
of others who might wish to come in. It is taken from the “Ga¬
zette” of August, 1743.

A list of Township Plots (on the Bounty) in the Surveyor-Gener¬
al’s Office, August 15th, 1743:

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QUEENSBOROUGH TOWNSHIP.

Thomas James, 650 acres, October 3rd, 1738.
Griffeth Jones, 300 acres, October 4th, 1738.
Griffeth John, 100 acres, September 1st, 1738.
William James, 400 acres, September 1st, 1738.
John Newberry, 350 acres, September 2nd, 1738.
Henry Oldacre, 50 acres, September 4th, 1738.
Hasker Newberry, 300 acres, September 5th, 1738.
Evan Harry, 100 acres, September 30th, 1738.

a* Eynon, 1300 acres, August 23rd, 1738.
James Roger, 50 acres, August 26th, 1738.

David James, 400 acres, August 27th, 1738.
Thomas Evans, 400 acres, August 27th, 1738.
Daniel Dousnal, 200 acres, August 27th, 1738.
John Jones, 250 acres, August 28th, 1738.

Sam’l. Sarance, 100 acres, August 29th, 1738.
Richard Barrow, 150 acres, August 29th, 1738.
Evan Vaughn, 350 acres, August 30th, 1738.

Abel James, 300 acres, August 31st, 1738.

William Tarell, 200 acres, August 31st, 1738.
Thomas Walley, 50 acres, May 18th, 1740.

Philip James, 250 acres, May 21st, 1740.

Sampson Thomas, 400 acres, May 23rd, 1740.
Jacob Buckles, 250 acres, May 24th, 1740.

Peter Kishley, 400 acres, June 2nd, 1740.

John Evans, 200 acres, February 6th, 1740.

John Newberry, 100 acres, November 22nd, 1741.
Wm. Tarell, 100 acres, December 9th, 1741.
Thomas Evans, 250 acres, December 10th, 1741.
Thomas Evans, 75 acres, December 14th, 1741.
Abel Evans, 100 acres, December 11th, 1741.

John Evans, 100 acres, December 11th, 1741.

Mary Evans, 300 acres, December 13th, 1741.

John Jones, 100 acres, December 1st, 1741.
Jeremiah Rowell, 150 acres, December 16th, 1741.
James Rowland, 150 acres, December 14th, 1741.
Evan Vaughn, 100 acres, December 17th, 1741.
John Westfield, 300 acres, December 17th, 1741.
Thomas Elleby, 250 acres, December 17th, 1741.
Simon Parsons, 100 acres, December 18th, 1741.
John Carter, 100 acres, December 22nd, 1741.

Wm. Evans, 50 acres, December 23rd, 1741.

Job Edwards, 200 acres, December 28th, 1741.
Daniel James, 350 acres, December 24th, 1742.
John Jones, 500 acres, December 24th, 1742.
David Harry, 125 acres, December 23rd, 1742.
David Harry, 125 acres, December 23rd, 1742.

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Philip James, 100 acres, December 27th, 1742.

Philip Douglas, 300 acres, December 29th, 1742.

William Carey, 300 acres, December 31st, 1742.

Mary Evans, 200 acres, January 1st, 1743.

David Malahan, 150 acres, January 4th, 1743.

Thomas Moses, 220 acres, January 5th, 1743.

William Jones, 400 acres, January 5th, 1743.

Nicholas Rogers, 350 acres, January 6th, 1743.

Thomas Evans, 100 acres, January 15th, 1743.

Thomas Evans, 125 acres, January 28th, 1743.

William James, 200 acres, January 29th, 1743.

“Upon perusing and considering the Memorial of George Hunter,
Esq., Surveyor-General, relating to several plots of land returned
into and now lying in the office of the said Surveyor-General, and
which have remained in the said office for many years, without any
applications from the persons in whose names the same are run,
to have them taken out of the said office, whereby other persons are
prevented from taking up the said lands, and becoming tenants to his
Majesty for the same : It is ordered that the said list be published
in the Gazette, to the intent that the several persons interested in
or claiming the same may apply for, and take out the said plots, on
or before the 1st day of January next; and in case of their neglect¬
ing so to do, their failure therein will be taken as a disclaimer of
their rights to the said lands ; and the same lands may and shall be
granted to any other persons who shall duly apply for the same.
A true copy.

“ALEXANDER GORDON, C. C.”

The neglect of most or all of those mentioned in the forgeonig
list to take out their plots, etc., may doubtless be owing to the fact
that they were too poor to do so, or that the lands first granted
were in the lower part of the Welsh Tract, and taken out before
its extension ; and having determined to go higher up the river, some
of them may have abandoned their claims below, where their places
were soon taken by others.

In common with other settlers, the Welsh had many difficulties to
contend against. The means of most of them were, no doubt, ex¬
hausted by the expense of the removal to Pedee. After their arrival,
the distance from Charlestown, the seat of Government, where all
public business had to be transacted, perplexed them no little.
The following extracts from the Council Journals will show the
mode of proceeding with reference to land, and the sore extremities
to which these poor settlers were often driven.

“In Council Chambr, January 26th, 1742-43. Read the Petition
of part of the Inhabitants of the Wesh Tract, as also the Petition
of Sam Sorrency, as follows, viz: To the Hon. Wm. Bull, Lieuten¬
ant-Governor and Commander-in-Chief of his Majesty’s Province of
S. C., and to the rest of the Hon. Members of his Majesty’s Council.

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The petition of Samuel Sorreney humbly showeth, that your
J?e 1^1/?iier arrival in this Province obtained a warrant

-or 100 acres of land, to be laid out in the Welsh Tract, whereon I
now ive. That your petitioner hath since two children come from
J I ennsylvama to this place, which I have made oath of before Wm.

ames, Esq., who informs me that it will not do without my proving
my right in the Council Chamber; but as I am but low in the world,
and live at so great a distance from Charlestown, and not having a
horse to ride nor money to bear my expenses, and the Bearer,
homas Bowen, can prove, if need be, that I have such children —
your petitioner therefore humbly prays your Honours to take my
case into consideration, and grant me a warrant for 100 acres of his
Majesty s land, to be laid out in the Welsh Tract, and your peti¬
tioner, as in duty bound, etc.

The above and Samuel James swore to his family right before
Wm. James, Esq., one of his Majesty’s Justices assigned to keep
the peace of Craven County aforesaid. The Prayer of said petition
was granted, and it was ordered, that Mr. Secretary Hammerton
do prepare a warrant accordingly.

Read also the petition of Daniel M ’Daniel, for a warrant of
100 acres, for himself and wife, to be laid out in the Welsh Tract,
which was granted.

“Read also the petition of several other inhabitants of the Welsh
Tract, as follows :

“The petition of part of the inhabitants of the Welsh Tract
humbly showeth : That we have left Pennsylvania and have trans¬
ported ourselves to this Province by the encouragement given to
settle this aforesaid tract of land ; but as some of us had our lands
run out, and the plots put into the Surveyor-General’s office four
years ago, and as we are so por that we cannt get money to pay
the charge of surveying and granting it, has discouraged many
from coming over ; and we are afraid the discouragement being so
great, we are not being sure of our grants, by reason of our poverty,
that some that have come over will return from us again. So we,
your humble petitioners, hope your Honor and Honorables will take
it into your serious consideration, what satisfaction it is to every
man to have his titles to land secure, and will fulfill the encourage¬
ment given us that we should have our lands granted us free from
all charge of surveying and granting; and, as we are in duty bound,
we shall ever pray, etc.

“Philip James, Jeremiah Rowell, Philip Douglass, Daniel Devon-
ald, David Harry, Thos. Evans, Thos. Moses, Mary Evans, Jobe
Edwards, Nathan Evans, Abel James, Thos. Evans, John Evans,
John Evans, John Carter, Wm. Kirby, Griffith John, Danl. Hone-
horn, Walter Downe, David James, Peter Roblyn, Creen Vaughn,
iNicholas Rogers, Simon Parsons, David Lewis, Sami. Sorreney,
Wm. Terrell, John Jones, Abel Evans, Wm. James.

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“Whereupon, it having been represented to his Hon. the Lieut. -
Governor in Council, that several families of Welsh that had in¬
tended to become settlers in the whole tract on Pedee River, in this
Province, have, as it was apprehended, been prevented from coming
into this Province from the dangers arising from the present war
with Spain, and that by the advices received from Pennsylvania,
several of the said Welsh families were expected to arrive here the
next year; but as the time for reserving the Welsh Tract would
expire in the month of August next, it was prayed that the said
term might be further enlarged. The same was considered, and
it was ordered by his Honor, the Lieut. -Governor, by the advice
of his Majesty’s Council, that the said term be enlarged two years
from the expiration of the said present term ; of which all persons
concerned are to take notice.

“And upon reading and considering the petition of Philip James,
Abel James, Thomas Evans, and others, settlers in the whole tract,
praying that the charge of surveying and granting their lands
might be all defrayed to them ; it was the opinion of the Board,
upon considering the Prayer of the petition, as it appeared to the
Board that they had desired lands only to be reserved for a term
to them, which was accordingly done, and which term had been
further enlarged for their benefit, but was not to have their survey
of land carried through the offices at the public expense, that being
only for such Welsh as should come from the Principality of Wales
— that, as this Prayer of the petitioners is what they had not before
asked, nor had any reason to expect from this Government, it could
not be regularly granted ; but, for a further encouragement of the
settlers of the said tract, it was the opinion of the Board, and so
ordered, that for the first twenty barrels of good and merchant¬
able white flour, of 2,000-lbs. weight net each, which shall be made
in the said tract, and brought to the markets in Charlestown, there
shall be paid to the makers thereof, upon proof of its being bona
fide the produce of the said tract, a bounty of five pounds currency
for each barrel. Ordered, that the Clerk of this Board give a copy
of the above minute to the petitioners, and the same to the Com¬
missary.”

The exclusive privileges of the Welsh in the large tract appro¬
priated to them, led, in some instances, to difficulties either with
those who came before them, thus acquiring the right of prior
occupancy of the soil, though not having secured a legal title, or
with others, who afterwards were allowed to settle among them,
but subsequently objected to as neighbors by the Welsh. The
latter were doubtless clannish in their feelings, and unwilling to
encourage strangers to come among them. Of the first class
mentioned, was Francis Young, one of the earliest settlers within
the limits of the upper portion of the Welsh Tract of whom any
remains. He is supposed to have emigrated from Ireland. In the

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Council Journal, 9th November, 1743, is this entry: “Francis
Young petitioned for 150 acres of land in the Welsh*’ Tract on the
south side of the river, bounding between John Thomas’ line and
one Vaughn s land ; and the petitioner at the same time produced
a certificate of his having lived there before the settlement of tho
Welsh, signed by two Justices of the Peace in that place. He ap¬
peared in person, and his petition was granted.

Another settler, about the same time, the first of a name which
has since been well known on the Pedee, was James Galespy. He
made a similar application, but was not so fortunate, for a time,
at least, as to the result.

On the same day, 9th November, 1743, “was read the petition
of James Galespy, showing that the petitioner, having six persons
in family, for whom as yet, he has not had any lands assigned him,
humbly prays that a warrant of survey for 300 acres be granted
him in the Welsh Tract. But, not appearing to swear to his family
right, his petition was ordered to lie on the table.”

At the same time, Henry Roach made a similar application for
100 acres of land in the Welsh Tract; but not appearing to be a
Welshman, or of Welsh extract, the consideration of his case was
postponed. James Galespy came from the North of Ireland. He
was a man of energy and enterprise. In connection with General
Christopher Gadsden of Charlestown, he was engaged in boating
on the Pedee many years before the Revolution, and is believed to
have been the first person who ever brought a boat to Cheraw.
The difficulty with the Welsh doubtless led to his removal higher
up the river, to the neighborhood of the present town of Cheraw.
He settled on the west side of the river, a short distance below the
town, and entered on a successful career as a trader. He mar¬
ried a daughter of Francis Young. James Galespy died before the
Revolution. He left two sons to inherit his name, and two
daughters.

The Welsh did not extend their settlements much, if any, above
the mouth of Crooked Creek, or the upper limits of the Welsh
Neck. Of those who were induced to enter upon the Welsh Tract
was Thomas Elerby, the first of that name who emigrated to the
Pedee. He came soon after the first of the Welsh, as appears from
the following record of Council: “July 5th, 1742. Read the peti¬
tion of Thomas Elerby, setin gforth that he and his family, con¬
sisting of eleven persons, came from Virginia about five years past,
and settled and cleared land near Pedee River, and obtained a
warrant for his family right ; but happened to be within the limits
of the Welsh Tract and at a convenient place to fix a water-mill.
When the Welsh inhabitants came to settle, above four years past,
one Daniel James persuaded the petitioner to remove peaceably
from that place by the run of water, and give the petitioner and his
family liberty to settle and cultivate any other vacant land whinh

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lie should find within the limits of the Welsh Tract; and did also
himself get a special warrant for 250 acres of land, which is run out
for the petitioner and returned ; whereupon he begs for a grant for
the same, having lived ever since thereon, and now wants more
land in the same, or adjoining thereto, to cultivate and settle, his
family being increased to twenty and two persons, he having six
persons lately purchased or born, for which as yet, he has had no
warrant. He therefore prays for a warrant of survey for laying
out 3,000 acres of vacant land, and a special warrant of survey for
running out 550 acres of vacant land more, within the limits of the
said Welsh Tract, in the lieu of his common warrant. Resolved;
that the consideration of the said petition be deferred until the
petitioner appear personally before the Board. Mr. Elerby was
doubtless successful in the end, as he remained in that neighbor¬
hood and became the owner of extensive landed possessions, a large
portion of which has remained in the family to the present day.
John Elerby, a brother of Thomas, came with him to Pedee, and
settled on the east side of the river. He either returned to Vir¬
ginia, or removed elsewhere at an early period. Thomas Elrby
brought a good property with him, and was probably the first
slaveholder on the Upper Pedee. Some years prior to the Revo¬
lution he had a large number — at least for that day. This family
emigrated from England to Virginia. The name is still known in
England, and is spelt as it appears in our early records.

Not long afterwards, however, as was often the case, it was
changed to its present form “Ellebre,” Thomas Elerby, who mar¬
ried, as already stated, Obedience Gillespie, had two sons, Thomas
and William, from whom the extensive family connection on the
Pedee have descended. Of the Evans, who were among the Welsh
settlers, a branch of the family went first, or soon after their ar¬
rival removed, to what is now Marion District. From Thomas and
Samuel Evans, who were members of the Welsh Colony, the ex¬
tensive connection in Darlington and Chesterfield Districts de¬
scended.

With the main body of the Welsh, or soon after came John
Brown. He was born near Burlington, New Jersey, and brought
up at Frankfort, in the neighborhood of Philadelphia. Mr. Brown
was ordained May 7th, 1750, and suceeded the Rev. Philip James
in the charge of the Welsh Neck Church, but did not continue long
in that position. After this he continued to preach the gospel in
different places until his death.

It is supposed that he was its founder, and gave name to the old
Brownsville community, twenty miles lower down on the east side
of the river.

About the years 1738-39, Robert Williams, then a. young man,
emigrated to Pedee. He was born at Northampton, North Carolina,
in 1717. Mr. Williams settled on the west side of the river, opposite

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the lower part of the Welsh Neck and became, eventually, the owner
ot a large landed estate in this neighborhood, most of which has
remained m the family since.

17°Aih! nias ordamed at the Welsh Neck, and became the
pastor of that Church, retaining the position, however, but a short
time afterwards. Robert Williams had two children— a daughter
who married Arthur Hart, and afterwards, Moses Murfee; and a
son David WiHiams. The latter was born on Pedee, February 1st,
1739, received his education in Charlestown, and after a brief
but amiable and useful career, died January 1st, 1776. He mar¬
ried a sister of Arthur Hart, and the fruits of this marriage were
two children— a daughter, Mary Ann, and a son, David Rogerson
who subsequently became distinguished as a member of Congress
from the Pedee District, and Governor of South Carolina.

Robert Williams died April 8th, 1788, and had the following
character given him: “He was kind to the poor, and remarkably
so to the afflicted ; a man of excellent natural parts, and a minister
who preached the gospel to the edification and comfort of souls.”

Another name which appears among the grantees of land in the
Welsh Neck, in 1743, was Nicholas Rogers. He was one of the
Welsh settlers, and died in 1759. He left a son, Benjamin, the
father of the late Colonel Benjamin Rogers, of Marlborough.

Allusion has been made to the course pursued by the Welsh, with
reference to others coming in among them. The feeling was a
natural one, and under the circumstances, in such a chaotic state
of society, when people of different nations, and many of them
doubtless of bad character, were flocking in as squatters and traders,
not to be condemned. The subsequent history of their colony’
strongly and peculiarly marked as it was in all the elements of sub¬
stantial growth and virtuous progress, will be found to have fully
justified their exclusive policy. They planted themselves, in most
instances immediately on the river, and made locations of lands in
small parcels.

The country being in a wilderness state, their position isolated,
and their means limited, they selected such quantities of land as
suited their present necessities, influenced also, to some extent, by
consideration of compactness, which gratified their social propensi¬
ties, and enables them besides to concentrate against the sudden
incursions of the Indians, by whom they were surrounded. Here,
on a virgin soil, they peacefully pursued their agricultural em¬
ployments, being richly rewarded for the common toils, and hard¬
ships endured.

In their new and yet wilderness home, drawn together more
closely than by the common ties of friendship and of blood, sur¬
rounded by common dangers, against which they vigilently guarded,
with common wants and necessities sufficiently supplied, and meet¬
ing weekly around one consecrated altar to worship the God of

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their fathers, a more perfect unity, or virtuous and manly life can
scarcely be conceived.

Such was the scene presented by this infant band of brothers in
the early days of their history ; with no court of justice in their
midst to which conflicting claims and angry disputes might be
referred, and no frowning gaol for the reception of the criminal.
Nor were they needed. Few contentions, probably, were known,
and the voice of society, though newly formed in this southern
home, was potent enough to silence the voice of the blasphemer and
make the evil-minded man pause in his ways.

Simplicity of character appears to have been one of the most
marked traits of this people — a virtue which has been transmitted,
through succeeding times, to their descendants. They were open
and sincere, making no profession of feeling, which did not exist.

For sobriety and moderation, also, with what was more essential
as the foundation of all virtue, a deep religious feeling, they were
distinguished. These virtues were strongly impressed upon the
community they established, presenting in subsequent times a strik¬
ing contrast to some other neighborhoods on the Pedee, where
dissipation and irreligion so much prevailed. The Welsh brought
with them to a new country those marked features for which their
ancestors had been noted long before. The Welsh are said to have
been more jealous of their liberties than even the English, and far
more irascible, though their jealousy soon abated. They were, from
an early period, fond of carrying back their pedigrees to the most
remote antiquity, and some of their manuscripts they make to be
coeval with the Incarnation.

But few relics remain among the descendants of the early Welsh
settlers on the Pedee.

Intermingled, as they subsequently became with other races,
their national peculiarities, except in a few instances of striking
constitutional descent, gradually disappeared.

And of their names, as connected with the localities they in¬
habited, but a memorial is here and there left to tell of the first
cultivators of the soil.

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St. David’s Society, Cheraw, S. C.

The St. David’s Society, which had been suspended during the
latter years of the war, was now revived, and immediately took
rank among the most distinguished schools of learning in the state.

From its walls, in subsequent years, went forth those who were to
fill the highest positions of usefulness and distinction in Carolina.

The following notice appeared in The South Carolina Gazette and
Advertiser of August 13th, 1785.

“The St. David Society met on the 23rd ultimo, at Greenville,
in the District of Cheraw, and chose the following gentlemen as
officers for the year then commencing: James P. Wilson, Esq., Presi¬
dent; William DeWitt, Esq., Vice-President; Thomas Powe, Esq.,
Treasurer, and Evander M’lver, Secretary. They also appointed
the following gentlemen a committee to superintend the erection
of suitable buildings, engage tutors, etc., Thomas Powe and William
DeWitt, Esqrs., Rev. Edmond Botsford, Mr. Abel Edwards, and
Mr. Eander M’lver. This laudable society, formed for the benev¬
olent purpose of erecting an academy, was instituted in the year
1778; but owing to the calamities of the late war, had been en¬
tirely neglected. However, we hope for its happy revival, and the
very liberal subscriptions already made, that it will soon flourish,
and that their intended plans will be prosecuted and carried into
effect.” In the following year William Pegues, Esq., was elected
President; Samuel Wilds, Treasurer, and Enoch Evans, Senr., Sec¬
retary, which offices the two latter continued to hold for years

afterwards. .

Andrew M’Culley took charge of the academy m the early part

of 1786, and taught until October of the following year. Of Mr.
M’Culley nothing more is known than that he appears to have-
discharged his duties to the satisfaction of the society. He was
succeeded for a short time by Ezekiel Hitchcock, who had prabably

been his assistant. , . . ir7QQ

Eli Kin <>■ was principal for three years, beginning with 1/88,

He was from New England, and a friend of Thomas Park, who
succeeded him in 1791. Samuel Wilds assisted Mr. King m 1788,
and afterwards, for a time, the Principal. Mr. King after giving
up the school, embarked in mercantile pursuits. Thomas Park had
charge of St. David’s from 1791 to 1800. About that time he
engaged with Mr. King in business. Better fitted, however for
teaching than merchandising, their enterprise proved a failure.
Mr Park then took charge of the academy at Ebenezer, in the
lower part of Darlington, and was transferred from that position,
upon the organization of the South Carolina College to the ro-
fessorship of Languages, having been elected m 1806. Thei ^ he
continued in the uninterrupted discharge of duty until 1834-35. He

was then elected Treasurer and Librarian of the College, and faith¬
fully discharged the duties of these offices until his death in 1844,
in the 79th year of his age. Mr. Park was a native of Uxbridge,
Mass., and graduated at Brown University, Providence, R. I., in
1791. In the latter part of that year he came to the Pedee. With¬
out experience as a teacher, but with a well trained mind, correct
scholarship particularly in the ancient classics, and conscientious
devotion to duty never surpassed, he entered at once upon that
highly useful and most successful career as a teacher of youth,
which was only to terminate with his declining strength more than
forty years afterwards. With neither genius nor learning, few
men did more than Thomas Park for the education of the youth of
Carolina and no one ever retired from a position more difficult to
fill, whether in an academy or college, with a larger share of the
confidence and affection of those with whom he had been con¬
nected. A just and beautiful tribute has been paid to his character
and services by Prof. LaBorde in his history of The South Carolina
College. It was a tribute richly deserved, and touchingly rendered
by the writer of that work. Mr. Park was succeeded in St. Davids’
by the Rev. Frame Wood, who continued in charge until 1804. He
was followed by Enoch Hanford in 1804-5, and the latter by Elias
Jones in 1806-7.

After the revival of St. David’s in 1785, it continued to flourish.
Public examinations were held annually, and committee appointed
to act on such occasions. The exhibitions of the pupils excited
much interest in the country around for a considerable distance, and
were numerously attended. The records of its early history would
serve as a model for many of the academys of more recent times,
which, the more pretentious, are not so thoroughly conducted as
was this noted school of old.

In 1785, an Act was passed by the Legislature, providing that
all the confiscated property to which the State was then entitled
in The Circuit Court, District of Cheraws, as also all the property
already escheated, or which might thereafter escheat, should be
invested in the incorporated society of St. Davids.

Death had already made sad havoc among the members of the
society. Between the years 1780 and 1788, the following, as entered
on the records, had died, viz: General Alexander M’Tntosh, Colonel
Thomas Lide, Abel Wilds, William Terrell, Thomas Evans, sen.,
Joshua Edwards, Colonel Abel Kolb, Thomas James, Captain Philip
Pledger, Richard Hodge, Charles Mason, Joshua Terrell, Captain
Edward Jones, Philip Singleton, William Blassingame, Rev. John
Conner, Adam Cusack, Hugh Jones, Benjamin Williamson, Captain
Edward Irby, Charles Irby, Captain George King, Captain Simon
Connell, and John Thompson.

The following members were dismissed from the society at their
own request, for the most part, doubtless, because of the distance

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at which they lived, rendering it inconvenient to attend the meet¬
ings: May 3rd, 1787, Benjamin Rogers, Colonel George Hicks,
Colonel Lemuel Benton, Captain William Pegnes; May 1st, 1788:
Major Robert Lide, Captain Thomas Ellerbe, William Ellerbe, Cap¬
tain Benjamin Hicks, Josiah Evans; May 6th, 1790: Alexander
Craig, David Roach, Jesse Wilds; June 18th, 1791: William Thomas;
August 6th, 1792: Rev. Evan Pugh, and Major John Kimbrough.

The following were members after 1788: Daniel Sparks, Rev.
Elhanan Winchester, William DeWitt, Rev. Evan Pugh, Nathaniel
Saunders, John Hodge, Abel Edwards, Thomas Powe, John O’Neal,
William Thomas, Jeremiah Brown, John Kimbrough, Peter Allston,
Charles Gee, Claudius Pegues, John Blassingame, John McCall,
iDavid Roach, Jethro Moore, Alexander Craig, Robert Gibson,
Moses Pearson, Rev. Edmond Botsford, Morgan Brown, Evander
M Tver, James P. Wilson, Maurice Murphy, Peter Kolb, Benjamin
James, Tristram Thomas, Jesse Wilds, Benjamin Kolb, Thomas
Evans, Enoch Evans, sen., Enoch Evans, jun., Samuel Wilds, Ed¬
ward Duke, Henry Clark and William Falconer.

The cause of religion partook largely of the general depression
caused by the troubled state of things during the Revolution.
After the resignation of Mr. Winchester, in September, 1779, the
Rev. Edmund Botsford took charge of the Welsh Neck Church.
Mr. Botsford was very highly esteemed. He remained until the
first of June, 1780, when upon the threatened approach of the
British troops, he went to Virginia; returning to Pedee however, in
1782. During his absence, the church was supplied a part of the
time by the Rev. Joshua Lewis, an excellent man who long continued
his faithful labors in this region. It is mentioned in the records
of the church, that of the 220 white members left by Mr. Win¬
chester in September, 1779, only 48 remained in March, 1793, show¬
ing the sad havoc of death and the unhappy results of a protracted

war. .. ,, .

In 1798 the inhabitants of the river very generally gave up their

plantations as residences and retired to the hills in the neighborhood
of the present village. About the same time a movement was made
to abandon the spot which had been consecrated as a place of
religious worship for nearly three quarters of a century, and erect

r suitable building on Society Hill.

Before the close of the century it was probably done. The records
of the church, for a few years following 1798, were lost or destroyed,
and no account remains of the completion of this design.

The first building erected after the removal was near the St.
David’s Academy, and remained for almost half a century. The
more imposing structure of the present day is upon a spot very
near the original site. Sad are the changes which time brings with
it. The si°*ns of Progress are linked with the Memorials of decay.
The associations of the past it is well to cherish and let the earlier
days of the old Wesh Neck never be forgotten.

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Record of Old Cheraws Who Served in

the Revolution

RECORD HISTORY OF THE OLD CHERAWS WHICH WAS A
MATTER OF HISTORY IN SOUTH CAROLINA. PARTIAL
LIST OF PEOPLE WHO SERVED IN THE REVOLUTION
AND LIVED IN AND NEAR CHERAW, S. C.

Allen, Jeremiah, lieutenant of Militia, in - 1782

Ammons, John, private in Capt. Thos. Parrot’s Company

of Horse _ 1782

Ammons, Thomas, private in - 1782

Andrews, John, adjutant of Col. Hick’s Regiment from

February to November _ 1780

Arnold, William, private in - 1782

Askew, John, private under Marion - 1782

Ayer, Hartwell, private in - 1778

Bacot, Samuel, 1st Lieut, in Marion’s Brigade, in - 1782

Benton, Lemuel, private in Benton’s Regiment, in _ 1782

Beasley, Daniel, private.

Beasley, William, private.

Berry, Wm., sergeant, in _ 1782

Bird, Wm., private, in _ 1782

Blackwood, Abram, private, in _ 1782

Blakeney, John, sergeant in Marion’s Brigade, in _ 1782

Blakeney, Robert, private, in _ 1782

Blakeney, Thomas, private, in _ 1782

Bozeman, John, private, in _ 1783

Bryant, Gray, private, in Benton’s Regiment _ 1781

Bryant, Hardy, private, in Benton’s Regiment _ 1781

Burkitt, Ephriam, private, in Benton’s Regiment _ 1781

Burkitt, Samuel, private, in Benton’s Regiment _ 1781

Butler, John, Captain, in Benton’s Regiment _ 1781

Campbell, James, sergeant, in _ 1782

Cassity, Zachariah, private, in Benton’s Regiment _ 1782

Champ, Richard, private, in _ 1782

Cherry, William, private, in Marion’s Brigade _ 1782

Clark, Harman, private, in Marion’s Brigade _ 1782

Clayton, Lawrence, private, in _ 1782

Clements, Joseph, private, in _ 1782

Coker, Benjamin, private, in _ 1782

Coker, Nathan, private, in _ 1782

Coker, Thomas, private, in _ 1781

Cole, James, sergeant and private, in _ 1782

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Coleman, James, private, in _ 1782

Coleman, John, private, in _ 1782

Collier, John, private, in _ 1782

Conn, Thomas, adjutant and private in Benton’s Regiment _ 1781

Cone, Matthew, private, in _ 1782

Conner, James, private, in _ 1782

Cook, William, sergeant and private in Continental line _ 1782

Council, William, private, under Marion _ 1782

Courtney, Stephen, private, in _ 1782

Coward, William, private, in _ 1780-81-82

Cox, Emanuel, private, in _ 1782

Cox, James, private, in _ 1782

Cox, John, private, in Capt. Standard’s Company, Benton’s

Regiment _ 1781

Cox, Josiah, private, in Capt. Moses Pearson’s Company - 1782

Cox, Samuel, private, in Capt. Moses Pearson’s Company - 1782

Cox, William, private, in Capt. Moses Pearson’s Company - 1782

Crocker, James, private, in _ 1780-82

Daniel, Aaron, private, in _ 1782

Daniel, John, private, in _ 1782

Darby, Jacob, private, in - 1782

David, Azariah, private, in _ 1782-83

David, Ezekiel, private, in Marion’s Brigade - 1782

David, John, sergeant and lieutenant alternately - 1779-82

David, Joshua, private, Capt. Thomas Ellerbe’s Company

Hick’s Regiment _ 1780

Davis, John, private, in _ 1782-83

Davis, Thomas, private, in - 1782-83

Davis, William, private, in - 1782

DeWitt, Charles, second-lieutenant, in Marion’s Brigade — 1781-82
DeWitt, Martin.

Dial, John, private, in - 1782

Doney, Peter, private, in - 1782

Douglass, Jesse, private, in - 1781-82

Douglass, Joshua, private, in - - - - 1781-82

DuBose, Andrew, private, in Benton’s Regiment in - 1780

and Captain in - 1181

DuBose, Daniel.

DuBose, Elias, lieutenant and private.

DuBose, Isaac, private, in Mahan’s Cavalry Regiment - 1782

DuBose, Samuel.

DuBose, William, sergeant, Benton’s Regiment, Marion’s
Brigade.

Duling, James, private, in -

Duling, John, private, in - 1182

Ellerbe, Thomas, captain, in - 1781-82

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Ellerbe, William, private, in _ 1782

Evans, Benjamin, private, under Major Amos Windham.

Evans, Burwell, private, in _ 1782

Evans, Enoch, first lieutenant, Capt. Irby’s Company, Hick’s

Regiment, siege Charlestown _ 1780

Evans, Ezer, private, in Captain Irby’s Company, Hick’s

Regiment, siege Charlestown _ 1780

Evans, George, lieutenant, in _ 1781-82

Evans, John, private, in _ 1782-83

Evans, Josiah, private, in Benton’s Regiment _ 1781-82

Evans, Thomas, private, in Hick’s Regiment, siege Charlestown, 1780

Evans, William.

Fort, Moses, private, Irby’s Company, Hick’s Regiment, siege

Charlestown _ 1780

Faulkner, John, private, under Marion.

Fountain, William, private, in _ 1783

Flowers, John, private, in _ 1782

Fitzpatrick, James, private, in _ 1782

Ford, Albert, private, in _ 1781-82

Frasher, private, in _ 1781

Fuller, John, private, in _ 1781

Farmer, Zachariah, private, in _ 1781

Gardner , Stephen, private, in _ 1781

Gardner, William, private, in _ 1782

Gay, lieutenant, in _ 1781-82

Gibson, Thomas, sen., private, in _ 1782

Gillespie, James, sergeant, Martin’s Troop, Sumpter’s
Brigade.

Gillespie, Samuel, private, Robuek’s Regiment.

Goodson, Arthur, private, in _ 1782

Goodson, Thomas, private, in _ 1782

Goodwyn, Britain, private, in _ 1782

Goodwyn, David, private, in _ 1782

Goodwyn, Lewis, private, in _ 1782

Gregg, James, captain, Britton’s Neck Regiment, Colonel
Ervin.

Griffith, Joseph, captain.

Grimes, James, private, Irby’s Company, Hick’s Regiment,

siege Charlestown _ 1780

Hagin, David, private, in Benton’s Regiment _ 1782

Hales, Silas, private, in _ 1782

Harrall, Levi, private, in _ 1782

Harrington, Wm. Henry, commanding South Carolina Militia,

both sides Pedee _ 1780

Harrison, Henry, private, in _ 1782

Hendley, Jesse, private, in _ 1782

Hendricks, William, captain, Marion’s Brigade _ 1782

94

Hewstess, James, sergeant _ 1782

Hicks, George, colonel _ 1779-80-81

Hickson, John, private, in _ 1782

Hindley, Edward, private, in Benton’s Regiment.

Hinds, John, lieut. and private, in _ 1782

Hines, Samuel, lieut. and private, in _ 1782

Hinson, Clayburn, commanding detachment prisoners to

Long Bluff, April _ 1781

Hinson, William, private, Round 0 Company Militia _ 1779

Ilird, John, lieutenant, in _ 1782

Hodge, Elias, private, in _ 1779

Hodge, Isham, private, under Major Tristram Thomas,

Hick’s Regiment _ 1780

Hodge, James, private, under Lieut. John Pledger,, Murphy’s

Regiment _ 1782

Hodge, John, private, in Capt. Standard’s Company, Hick’s

Regiment _ 1780-81

Hodge, Joseph, private, under Major Thomas, and in Hick’s

Regiment in _ 1782

Hodge, Robert, sergeant, Captains Standard’s and Pearson’s

Companies, Benton’s Regiment _ 1780-82

Hodge, Thomas, private, in _ 1782

Hodge, Welcome, sergeant, Benton’s Regiment, siege Charles¬
town _ 1780

Hollis, Moses, lieutenant, in _ 1783

Hubbard, Noah, private, in _ _ _ 1782

Huckaby, Isham, sergeant and private, in _ 1782

Huckaby, Samuel, sergeant and private, in - 1782

Huckaby, Thomas, private, in - - - 1782

Huggins, John, captain, Col. Hugh Giles Regiment - 1779

Hunt, Criswell, private, Benton’s Regiment.

Irby, Charles, commissary _ 1782

Irby, Edmund, captain, Hick’s Regiment, M’lntosh’s Brigade,

siege Charlestown _ 1780

Jackson, John, lieutenant, in _ 1782

Jackson, Stephens, captain, Kolb’s Regiment - 1780

Jackson, Stephens, Jr., private, in - 1782

Jackson, William, private, in - 1782

James, Alexander, lieutenant, in - 1782

James, Georgia, private, in - 1782

James, James, private, in - 1782

Jenkins, Charles, private, in - 1J82

Jenkins, James, lieutenant, in Benton’s Regiment - 1782

Jenkins, Reuben, lieutenant and private, in - 1782

Jinkins, James, lieutenant, in Benton’s Regiment - 1782

John, Azel, private, Benton’s Regiment - 1782

John, Jesse, private, Benton’s Regiment - 1783

95

John, Thomas, private, Benton’s Regiment - 1782

Johnson, John, private, Captain Standard’s Company, Ben¬
ton’s Regiment _ 1781

Johnston, John, private, in _ 1782

Jolley, Joseph, private, in _ 1782

Jones, Edward, Captain of Guard, Kolb’s Ferry - 1780-83

Jones, James, private, in _ _ _ _ 1782

Jones, William, private, in _ 1782

Keil, William, private, in _ 1782

Keith, Cornelius, private, in _ 1782

Kennedy, Stephen, private, in _ 1782

Kilgore, Henry, private, in _ 1782

Kirby, James, private, in _ 1782

Knight, Niglet, private, in _ 1782

Kolb, Benjamin, Benton’s Regiment _ 1781

Kolb, John, sergeant and corporal, in _ 1780-81

Kolb, Peter, private, in _ 1782

Large, David, private, in _ 1782

Lee, William, private, in _ r _ 1782

Lide, Robert, Major, Marion’s Brigade.

Lowther, Edward, private, in _ 1781-82

Lowry, Robert, private, in Marion’s Brigade _ 1781

Luke, Owen, private, in _ 1781

Lundy, Drewry, private, in _ 1781

Lundy, John, private, in _ 1781-82

Lyons, Guthridge, Captain, Benton’s Regiment _ 1781

Lyons, William, private, in _ 1781-82

Mario, James, private, in _ 1782

Mannings, James, private, in _ 1782

Marsh, John Lewis, private, in Benton’s Regiment _ 1781

Martin, Jeremiah, private, in Benton's Regiment _ 1781

Martin, William, private, in Benton’s Regiment _ 1781

Mason, Charles, Commissary under Marion, and private, in __1782

Mason, Joseph, private, in _ 1782

M’Call, George, private, under Marion’s Brigade _ 1782

M ’Call, Henry, sergeant of horse _ 1782-83

M’Call, John, lieutenant and private, Marion’s Brigade _ 1781-82

M’Call, William, private, in _ 1782

M 'Carter, James, private, in _ 1782

M’Cullough, George, Captain, in _ 1782

M 'Donald, John, private, in _ 1782

M ’Dowell, Samuel, priate, in _ 1782

M 'Gee, James, private, in _ 1782

M’lntosh, Alexander, Captain, Benton’s Regiment _ 1781-82

M’lntosh, Lacklin, private, in _ 1782

M’lntosh, William, private, in Captain Nelson’s Company,

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Marion’s Brigade _ 1781-82

M’lver, Evander, private and clerk in Captain Irby’s Com¬
pany, Hick’s Regiment, M’lntosh’s Brigade _ 1780

M’Muldrongh, Andrew, private, in _ 1782

M’Muldrough, Hugh, sergeant-major, in _ 1782

M’Muldrough, James, sergeant-major, in _ 1782

M‘ Muldrough, William, lieutenant, in _ 1782

M’Natt, Joel, private, Murphy’s Regiment, Marion’s Brigade__1782

M’Natt, Mackey, private, in _ 1782

Mikell, James, private, in _ 1782

Mikell, John, Jun., Lieut, and private, Marion’s Brigade __1780-82

Miles, William, private, in _ 1782

Mixon,, Maraday, private, under Lieut. John Rushing, Ben¬
ton’s Regiment, at Long Bluff in _ 1783

Mixon, Samuel, private, in _ 1782

Moody, Andrew, private, in Captain Standard’s Company,

Benton’s Regiment _ 1781

Moody, Roderick, private in Captain Standard’s Company,

Benton’s Regiment _ 1781

Moore, Gully, private, in _ 1782

Moore, Jeremiah, private, in _ 1782

Munnerlyn, James, Lieutenant.

Murphy, Maurice, Captain, in Hick’s Regiment in 1779-80

Major in 1780-81, and Lieut. -Col. Commanding, - 1781-82

Murray, William, private, in - 1782

Nettles, George, private, in Pedee Regiment, Marion’s

Brigade _ 1780-82

Nettles, Joseph, private, in - 1779-82

Nettles, Robert, private, in Marion’s Brigade.

Noland, William, private, in - 1782

Northent, William, private, in - 1182

Norwod, John, Captain, in Marion’s Brigade in - 1782

Norwood, Samuel, private in - 1782

Nugent, Thomas, private, in - 1782

O'Neal, John, Commissary of detachment under Col. Benton __1782

Outlaw, Benjamin, private, in - 1782

Parker, Moses, private, in - 1781-82-83

Parrott, Thomas, Captain of Horse, in - 1782

Pasley, Robert, Captain, in - 1781

Pearson, Aaron, private, in — _ - 1782

Pearson, Moses, Lieutenant, in Hick’s Regiment in 1780, and^

Captain in Benton’s Regiment, Marion’s Brigade, in __1781-82

Perkins, David, private, in - 1783

Perkins, Isaac, Sergeant, in - ^09

Perkins, William, private, in - 1782

Pigot, John, Sergeant, in - 1782

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Pigot, Nathanael, private, in - 1782

Pledger, John, Lieutenant, in Marion’s Camp, 1781-82, and

Lieutenant Commanding in Murphy’s Regiment, July - 1782

Poke, Daniel, private, in _ 1782

Poke, John, private, in _ 1782

Poke, Luke, private, in _ 1782

Pouncey, Anthony, Quarter-Master, in - 1780

Powe, Thomas, Commissary, Hick’s Regiment - 1780

Powers, Nicholas, private, in - 1782

Preswood, Jonathan, Sergeant, in - 1782

Preswod, Thmas, private, in _ 1782

Purvis, Alexander, private, in - 1782

Purvis, Gilbert, private, in _ 1782

Purvis, John, Lieut. -Col., in _ 1780

Raburn, John, private, in Captain Daniel Spark’s Company 1779-80

Raspberry, John, private, in - 1782

Rasher, Michael, private, in _ 1782

Rawlinson, John, private, in Benton’s Regiment - 1782

Rivers, Frederick, private, in _ 1782

Roan, William, private, in - 1782

Roberts, Philip, private, in - 1782

Rogers, Edward, private, in _ 1782

Rouse, Neal, private, in _ 1782

Rushing, John, Lieutenant, Benton’s Regiment, at Long Bluff

in _ 1782-83

Russell, Stephen, Sergeant and private, in - 1782

Sansbury, Daniel, private, in _ 1781-82

Saunders, Nathanael, Lieutenant and private, under Benton

in _ 1780-81

Sellers, William, private, in _ 1782

Sexton, Edward, private, in _ 1782

Shoemake, Samuel, private, in _ 1782

Simons, David, Sergeant, in _ 1782

Simons, Samuel, private, in _ 1782

Smith, Charles, private, in Capt. Thomas Ellerbe’s Company __1782

Smith, John, private, in Capt. Thomas Ellerbe’s Company _ 1782

Smith, Richard, private, in Capt. Thomas Ellerbe’s Company __1782
Smith, Jeremiah, private, in Andrew DuBose’s and Thomas

Ellerbe’s Companies, Benton’s Regiment _ 1782

Sparks, Daniel, Captain, in _ 1781-82

Spears, David, private, in _ 1781

Standard, William, Captain in Benton’s Regiment _ 1781-82

Spencer, Calvin, Assistant Quartermaster-General, June to

August - 1780

Stanley, Shadrack, private, in _ 1782

Starks, Henry, private, in _ 1782

Stephens, John, private, in _ 1782

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Strother, George, Lieutenant, in _ 1782

Teal, Edward, private, in _ 1782

Terrell, Edward, private, in _ 1782

Terrell, James, Lieutenant, Benton’s Regiment at Long Bluff _ 1783

Terrell, Samuel, Lieutenant, in _ 1781-82-83

Thomas, Tristram, Captain, in Hick’s, Kolb’s and Benton’s

Regiments - 1781-82

Thorp, Eleazer, private, in _ 1782

Tootles, Obed, private, in _ 1782

Townsend, Light, private, in Benton’s Regiment _ 1782

Veal, John, private, in _ _ _ 1782

Vickers, Jacob, private, in _ 1782

Vining, Jesse, private, in _ 1782-83

Waddell, Abel, private, in _ 1781

Warwick, Abraham, private, in _ 1782

Watkins, Samuel, private, under Capt. Amos Windham.

Weaver, Hartwell, private, in _ 1782

White, James, private, in _ 1782

Whittington, Barnett, private, in _ 1782

Whittington, Ephriam, Lieutenant, Benton’s Regiment in 1781-82-83

Whittington, Francis, private, in _ 1782

Whittington, Levi, private, in _ 1782

Whittington, Nathanael, private, in _ 1782

Whittington, Richard, private, in _ 1782

Wilds, Abel, private, in _ 1782

Wilds, Jesse, Lieutenant, in _ 1782

Wilds, Samuel, private, in _ 1782

Williams, Daniel, Captain, in Benton’s Regiment in _ 1781

Williamson, Jesse, private, in Marion’s Brigade _ 1782

Williamson, Shadrach, Lieutenant and private, in _ 1782

Williamson, Stephen.

Williamson, Sterling, private, in _ 1782

Williamson, William, private, _ 1782

Williamson, Willis, private, in _ 1782

Wingate, Edward, private, in _ 1782

Windham, Amos, Captain, under Kolb, and Major in _ 1782

Windham, Jesse, private.

Windham, William, private, in _ 1782

Wise, James, private, in _ 1782

Wise, William, private, in _ 1782

Wood, Benjamin, private, in _ 1782

Woodward, Thomas, private, in _ 1782

Wright, Amos, private, in Capt. Amos Windham’s Coinpany__1782

Wright, Gillis, private, in _ 1782

Wright, Joseph, private, in - 1782

Wright, Solomon, private, in Capt. Windham’s Company _ 1782

Yates, William, private, in _ 1782

Youngblood, David, private, in - 1782

Youngblood, Peter, Captain, in - 1782

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Letters from Archives of Ga. Penn, and
Other States and War Records of

Evans Family

DEPARTMENT

OF

ARCHIVES AND HISTORY
STATE OF GEORGIA

Atlanta, Ga., September 12, 1822.

Mr. J. H. Beusse,

Athens, Ga.

Dear Sir:

Yours of the 7th instant addressed to the Adjutant-General and re¬
ferred to this Department.

Georgia’s Roster of the Revolution lists both David and Thomas Evans.
The service certificate issued David by Col. Elijah Clarke on August
24, 1784, is in our possession, a copy of which can be had for $.25, or a
certified copy for $2.00. Both David and Thomas received the bount
grants of land for Revolutionary services. Copies of these grants can
be had from the office of the Secretary of State, where these records
have been retained since they affect present day titles. David Evans
served also in the War of 1812, in fact there seems to have been two
men by this name in this yar. David, a private, was in service from
August 13th-August 17th, 1813, in Capt. John Wilson’s Company; David
Evans was appointed Lieutenant June 20th, 1812, of a volunteer com¬
pany of riflemen and attached to 77th Battalion; again, David Evans,
Lieutenant, served from August 1 lth-September 8th, 1813. These
records of the men having been in service certain days are taken from
the payrolls covering that time. The men, without doubt, were in
service both prior to and following those dates.

The rosters of the Indian Wars, the War with Mexico, and the Spanish-
American war have not yet been compiled. That is work that we hope
to do in this Department during the next few years. Our roster of the
Revolution was published in 1919, and the work on the War of 1812
is nearly completed.

During the past year the public service records (exclusive of military
service) of all Georgians who have served either the State or Federal
Government since 1754 have been compiled by this office. Included in
these records I find the name of Thomas C. Evans, who served in the
House of Representatives from Muscogee County in 1838.

Assuring you of our pleasure in being of service at all times, I am

Very truly yours,

RUTH BLAIR, Secretary.

Our records of Thomas Evans’ service in War of 1812 are not as full
as the records that have been furnished you.

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Atlanta, Ga., October 2, 1922.

Mr. J. H. Beusse,

Athens, Ga.

Dear Mr. Beusse:

Your letter of the 25th instant reached the office during my absence
on a week’s vacation, hence the delay in this connection.

Enclosed you will find a letter from the office of the Secretary of
State relative to the land grants to David and Thomas Evans. I do not
known why the record of the grants cannot be located there as I am sure
both men received the county grants of 287 ^ acres. The certificate
issued to David Evans on the 24th day of August, 1784, by Col. Elijah
Clarke carries a notation of the back as follows: “David Evans peti¬
tions to have a warrant for the within certificate located to Franklin
County and will pray and David Evans.’’ This petition was of course
addressed to the Land Court in Augusta. Georgia’s Roster of the
Revolution contains a list of Revolutionary Soldiers from Wilkes County,
Georgia, as taken from Land Lottery Records, compiled by Miss Annie
M. Lane, of Washington, Georgia. This list contains the name of Thomas
Evans. Miss Lane is still living at Washington and can be reached in
the usual way.

The index to the land grand records in the office of the Secretary of
State shows that David Evans was granted 200 acres of land in Wilkes
County in 17 85 (page 772), and 140 acres in Washington County in
1791 (page 511), and that Thomas Evans received 13 acres in Wilkes
County in 1804 (page 729). A manuscript list of the men receiving
grants in Washington County from the time of the establishment of the
Land Court to the sixth day of August, 1787, shows that David Evans
received a headright grant of 200 acres on December 19, 1785. This
record is signed by Joseph Miller, Ordinary of Washington County, Nov.
16, 1797, and is on file in this Department.

Not knowing exactly what you will wish done under the circumstances,
I will hold your check until I hear further from you.

There is no charge for our work of this character. It is our desire
to be of all possible assistance at all times.

Regretting the delay in this connection, I am

Very truly yours,

RUTH BLAIR, Secretary.

HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF YORK COUNTY _

York, Penna., January 22, 1923.

Mr. J. H. Beusse,

Athens, Ga.

Mr Dear Sir:

Complying with your request and that of Mr. Shenk, of Harrisburg,
I have made a careful search through the York County records and the
Pennsylvania Archives and have secured the following data:

Daniel Evans served in Capt. French Battell’s Company, May 28, 17 58,
in the French and Indian War. See Pennsylvania Archives, fifth series,
volume 1, page 17 6.

Daniel and David Evans served in the third company, of the third
battalion in Bucks Militia under the command of Col. William Roberts,
June 12, 1780. David served as a clerk. See Pennsylvania Archives,
volume 5, page 359, and 360, fifth series.

David Evans served in Richard Gardiner’s Company belonging to the
Pennsylvania Regiment, commanded by the Honorable WJlliam Denny,
Esq., i 7 4 9 , in the Colonial Wars. He was twenty-five years old and came

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from Pennsylvania. He enlisted May 3, 1749. Sjee Pennsylvania
Archives, fifth series, volume 1, page 29.

David Evans served as a private in Capt. Peter Z. Lloyd’s Company,
in 177 6, in the Musketry Battalion. See Pennsylvania Archives, fifth
series, volume 2, page 472.

Thomas Evans of York County, served in Capt. Thomas White’s Com¬
pany, York County Militia, for the year 1782, according to the record
found in Pennsylvania Archives, sixth series, volume 2, page 706.

William Evans also served in the Sixth Battalion in Capt. Jeremiah
Talbot’s Company, commanded by Col. Wm. Irvine. He was a private
in 1776.

William Evans served in the Musketry Battalion commanded by
Samuel J. Atlee in Capt. Thomas Herbert’s Company. This company
was raised in Leacock and Salisburg Townships, Lancaster County. He
was a sergeant in 17 76. See Pennsylvania Archives, fifth series, volume
2, page 483.

I spent one full day with my assistant going through the Pennsylvania
Archives, and the original muster roll of the Revolution for York County,
and from that source obtained the data given below. The Evans family
as you know, were originally Welsh, but some of them came to Penn¬
sylvania from Ireland and are known as Irish-Quakers. My own ances¬
tors were Welsh and one of them together with a family of Evans came
to York County before the Revolution and formed a Welsh-Baptist
Church together with other members. This church is not now in exist¬
ence. The Evans’ of York and Lancaster County seemed to be the
parties in which you are most interested. Henry Evans, one of the
pioneers of York County settled in Windsor Township, and two other
families of the same name settled in Warrington. One branch of this
family moved westward with the Quakers into what is now Adams
County which belonged to York County before 1800.

Yours very truly,

(Seal) GEO. R. PROWELL.

York, Penna., February 9, 1923.

To Whom It May Concern:

I hereby certify that David Evans served in the Third Company of the
Third Battalion in Bucks County Pennsylvania Militia under the command
of Col. William Roberts, June 12, 1780. He served as a clerk.

See Pennsylvania Archives, fifth series, volume 5, page 360.

Respectfully submitted,

(Seal) GEO. R. PROWELL.

York, Penna., February 9, 1923.

To Whom It May Concern:

I hereby certify that David Evans served as a private in Capt. Peter
Z. Lloyd’s Company in 177 6 in the Musketry Battalion.

See Pennsylvania Archives, fifth series, volume 2, page 472.

Respectfully submitted,

(Seal) GEO. R. PROWELL.

York, Penna., February 9, 1923.

To Whom It May Concern:

I hereby certify that Daniel Evans served in the Third Company of the
Third Battalion in Bucks County Pennsylvania Militia under the com¬
mand of Col. William Roberts, June 12, 1780.

See Pennsylvania Archives, fifth series, volume 5, page 359.

Respectfully submitted,

(Seal) GEO. R. PROWELL.

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rp T , __ „ York, Penna., February 9, 1923.

To Whom It May Concern:

I hereby certify that William Evans served in the Sixth Battalion in
i^apt. Jeremiah Talbot’s Company commanded by Col. Wm. Irvine. lie
was a private in 17 76, and was in the army three years or more.

See Pennsylvania Archives, fifth series, volume 2, page 240.

Respectfully submitted,

(beal) GEO. R. PROWELL.

™ Ti ™ „ York’ Renna-> February 9, 1923.

To Whom It May Concern:

I hereby certify that Daniel Evans of Pennsylvania served in Captain
French Battell’s Company, May 28, 1758, in the French and Indian War
and was in the service two years or more.

See Pennsylvania Archives, fifth series, volume 1, page 176.

Respectfully submitted,

(Sea1' GEO. R. PROWELL.

_ , York, Penna., February 9, 1923.

To Whom It May Concern:

I hereby certify that Thomas Evans of York County served in Capt
Thomas White’s Company, York County Militia for the year 1782 ac¬
cording to the record found in Pennsylvania Archives, sixth series volume
2, page 70 6.

Respectfully submitted,

(Seal) GEO. R. PROWELL.

York, Penna., February 9, 1923.

To Whom It May Concern:

I hereby certify that William Evans served in the Musketry Battalion
commanded by Samuel J. Atlee in Capt. Thomas Herbert’s Company.
This company was raised in Leacock and Salisbury Townships, Lancaster
County. He was a sergeant in 1776.

See Pennsylvania Archives, fifth series, volume 2, page 483.

Respectfully submitted,

(Seal) GEO. R. PROWELL.

York, Penna., February 9, 1923.

To Whom It May Concern:

I hereby certify that David Evans served as a private in Richard Gard-
nier’s Company, belonging to the Pennsylvania Regiment, commanded
by the Honorable William Denny, Esq., 1749, in the Colonial War. He
was twenty-five years old and came from Pennsylvania. He enlisted
May 3, 1749.

See Pennsylvania Archives, fifth series, volume 1, page 29.

Respectfully submitted,

(Seal) GEO. R. PROWELL.

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THE FOLLOWING SERVED IN THE REVOLUTION FROM THE STATE

OF VIRGINIA.

(Ranks and counties from which enlisted are given after the soldier’s

name, when this is known).

Evans, - (Washington).

Evans, Arnold.

Evans, Charles.

Evans, Coventon.

Evans, D., (Colonel), (Monongalia).

Evans, Daniel.

Evans, David.

Evans, Dudley.

Evans, Edward, (Monongalia).

Evans, Ernalt.

Evans, George, (Surgeon).

Evans, Henry, (Rockbridge).

Evans, James, (Amherst).

Evans, James, (Shenandoah).

Evans, Jesse, (Captain).

Evans, Jesse, (Montgomery).

Evans, John, (Colonel), (Monongalia).

Evans, Littleburg.

Evans, Mabee.

Evans, Major.

Evans, Matthew.

Evans, Nathaniel.

Evans, Peter.

Evans, Philip, (Navy).

Evans, Richard.

Evans, Robert.

Evans, Solomon.

Evans, Stanhope.

Evans, Stephen.

Evans, Thomas, (Surgeon).

Evans, Thomas, (Lunenburg).

Evans, Vincent, (Navy).

Evans, William, (Lt.), (Buckingham).

Evans, William, (Matthews).

Evans, Witt, (Sussex).

Bullock, David, (Louisa).

Bullock, Edward, (Hanover).

Bullock, James, (Spottsylvania) .

Bullock, John.

Bullock, Joseph.

Bullock, Josiah.

Bullock, Nathaniel.

Bullock, Obadiah, (Isle of Wight).

Bullock, Rice, (Lt. Illinois).

Bullock, Price, (Q. M. 15th Regiment)

Lindsey, Joseph, (Charlotte).

Bullock, Rice, (Lt. 3rd Regiment).

Lindsey, Abraham, (Frederick).

Lindsey, Arthur.

Lindsey, David.

Lindsey, Edward.

Lindsey, Hezekiah.

Lindsey, James, (Spottsylvania).

Lindsey, John, (Navy).

Londsey, Josepr, (Comm.).

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Lindsey, Kiah.

Lindsey, Lewis, (Charlotte).
Lindsey, Michael.

Lindsey, Micajah.

Lindsey, Peter.

Lindsey, Reuben, ( Albermarle) .
Lindsey, Reuben, (Colonel).
Lindsey, Richard, (Colonel).
Lindsey, Thomas.

Lindsey, William, (Captain.)

THOMAS EVANS.

Grandfather of Jesse Hoyt Beusse. Born in Wilkes County, Georgia
1786. Son of Thomas Evans, Jr.

Served in the War of 1812, as a private, from October 25th, 1813, to
March 2nd, 1814, in Capt. William Park’s Company, and from November
21st, 1814, to May 6th, 1815, in Captain Kendrick’s Company, Georgia
Militia. Also served for a time with Capt. Wm. Varner’s Volunteer
Troops Light Dragoons, Freeman’s Squadron Cavalry, Georgia Militia.
Was discsharged at Fort Hawkins, which was located in what is now
East Macon, Ga., across the river from Macon, Ga.

Married in Madison County, Georgia, December 26th, 1816, to Clarissa
Allen, and she was allowed a pension on her application executed May
20th, 1874. Her age at the time this was granted was 74 years, and
she was then a resident of Athens, Ga., where she died August 27th,
1888. She was born in Wilkes County, Georgia.

Thomas Evans died April 10th, 1861, at Athens, Georgia.

These records may be found with the War Department Adjutant Gen¬
eral’s Department, Washington, D. C. This information furnished by
R. C. Davis, Acting Adjutant General, August 17th, 1922.

Information also furnished by Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Pensions, Washington, D. C., by Washington Gardner, Commissioner,
August 15th, 1922.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
TO THOMAS EVANS, DR.

To Sixty Days Service in the Siege of Charleston at Ten

Shillings old Currency pr. Day - £30-0-0

St. £ 4.5.8%

SOUTH CAROLINA,

CHERAW DIST.

Personally appeared before me Tris. M. Thomas, one of the Justices
of said District. Thomas Evans who being duly sworn saith that the
above account of Sixty Days against State of South Carolina is just and
true and that he has received no part thereof.

TRIS.M. THOMAS, J. P.

Sworn before me, this 7th of September, 1785.

Received the 31 December, 178 5, full satisfaction for the within ac¬
count in indent No. 749. Y.

THOS. EVANS.

Endorsed on wrapper: 749. Y., 31 December 85.

Thomas Evans of Cheraw for 60 days duty as a Private Soldier in Capt.
Edmund Irby’s Company, Col. Hick’s Regiment in General McIntosh’s
Brigade at the Siege of Charleston in 1780, at 10 Shillings per day is

Currency - £30-0-0

Stg. _ ^ 4-5-8%

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

OFFICE OF HISTORICAL COMMISSION.

I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and accurate copy of an
account against the State of South Carolina for services rendered in the
Militia thereof by Thomas Evans during the war of the Revolution,
which account was duly approved and paid and is now a public record of
this state on file in this office, which is a department of the executive
branch of the government of South Carolina.

Given under my hand and seal this 12th day of February, 1923.

A. S. SALLEY, JR., Secretary.

Taken from “Stub Entries to Indents, issued in payment of Claims
against South Carolina growing out of the Revolution, Books U-W,”
Edited by A. S. Salley, Jr., Secretary of the Historical Commission of
South Carolina. Pages 48-49.

No. 320. Lib. U. — Issued 13th July, 1785, to Mr. Nathaniel Evans, for
Four pounds lls/5d Stlg. for Militia duty as Private, per account
audited.

Principal L4 — 11 — 5. Annual interest LO — 6/4.

No. 321. Lib. U. — Issued 13th July ,1785, to Mr. William Evans, for
eight pounds, 17s/ldl/2 Stlg. for Militia duty as Private, per account
audited.

Principal L8 — 17__1%. Annual interest LO — 12-4.

No. 322. Lib. U. — Issued 13th July, 1785, to Mr. William Evans, for
five pounds, 8s/6d 3/4 Stlg. for Militia duty as private, per account
audited.

Principal L5 — 8 — 6 3/4. Annual interest LO — 7 — 7.

MILITARY RECORD OF JESSE HOYT BEUSSE OF ATHENS, GA.

Beginning in the year 1878.

Served as Marker and Private with The Athens Guards.

Charter member of The Clarke Rifles, of Athens, Ga., advancing from
Private to Corporal, Sergeant, etc.

Commissioned by Gov. IVilliam J. Northern of Georgia, Second Lieut,
of Clarke Rifles, February 23rd, 1892.

Commissioned by Gov. William J. Northern of Georgia, First Lieut,
of Clarke Rifles, November 11th, 1892.

Commissioned by Gov. William Y. Atkinson of Georgia, Captain of
Clarke Rifles of the Georgia Volunteers, March 29th, 1895.

Commissioned by Gov. William Y. Atkinson of Georgia, Captain, Com¬
pany G., Second Regiment Georgia Infantry, U. S. Volunteers, May 14th,
1898.

Commissioned by Gov. J. M. Terrell of Georgia, Captain National
Guard of Georgia, retired by Act of General Assembly, approved August
22nd, 1905, to rank as such from April 14th, 1902.

Commissioned by Gov. Hoke Smith of Georgia, Lieutenant-Colonel
and Aide-De-Camp to the Governor State of Georgia, September 7th, 1907.

Commissioned by Gov. Hoke Smith of Georgia, Lieutenant-Colonel re¬
tired National Guard of Georgia, June 22nd, 1909.

Commissioned by Gov. Hoke Smith of Georgia, Lieutenant-Colonel,
Aide-De-Camp, Staff of the Governor, August 3 0th, 1911.

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HENRY WASHBURN BEUSSE,

Son of Henry Beusse.

Born in Athens, Ga., Oconee Street, November 24th, 1869.

Educated in the schools of Athens.

Was bookkeeper and with the railroad for a number of years and is
at present serving as Chief of Police of Athens, Ga. He was elected
Chief of Police, June 6th, 1916, and is still serving as Chief of Police.

MILITARY RECORD.

Served in the Spanish-American War as a Private.

Enrolled for service April 28th, 1898, at Athens, Ga. Served in Com¬
pany G, 2nd Regiment Infantry Volunteers.

Mustered out November 30th, 1898.

Joined Company B, 40th Regiment of Infantry U. S. Volunteers,
September 2nd, 189 8. Saw service in the Philippines one year, nine
months and twenty-four days, and was in the following battles in the
Philippines:

Battle of Lubinan, February 20th, 1900.

Battle of Lulud, March 1st, 1900.

Battle of Menit, P. I., July 21st, 1900.

Skirmish at Laveta, P. I., July 20th, 1901.

Expedition by General Bell, Matwan and Southern Luzon, February
14th, 1900.

Expedition General Bates Mindowar Province, March 1st, 1900.

Service, honest and faithful. Character, good.

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The Colored People of Athens and

Clarke County

The City of Athens and Clarke County has always been fortunate in
having one of the best classes of colored population in the south. There
has never been in my experience of fifty-eight years that I have lived in
Athens, and I have travelled all over the country; there has never been
any friction or any class trouble that amounted to anything for the simple
reason that the colored people have always been treated honestly and
fairly by the people of the city and county.

It has always been my observation, from the time I was a small boy,
that where the darky belonged to good white Christian people, their
servants, the darkies, were good negroes, and those that belonged to peo¬
ple who were not Christians, etc., usually had mean negroes.

I can count thousands of good darkies in and around Athens as my
friends as it has always been my motto to deal honestly and fairly with
the negro, as with the white man. No man deserves any credit, how¬
ever, for being honest and upright for the simple reason that he should
be honest and upright. Do unto your fellow-man as you would have him
do unto you, is a good motto for anyone , white or black to follow.

Following is a little history which you will enjoy reading, of the Col¬
ored Brother.

Respectfully,

J. H. BEUSSE.

March 20th, 1923.

THE “COLORED BROTHER” OR “THE CREATOR’S MASTERPIECE”

as the writer regards him.

Compliments of
PITNER & BEUSSE

Merchandise Brokers
Athens, Georgia.

“The negro can lie down beneath the scorching rays of a noonday sun
and sleep the sleep of the seven sleepers of old without suffering any evil
effects from it whatever; or he can weather the fiercest winter gale, clad
only in a pair of cotton overalls and a blue jumper. He can also wear an
overcoat to a Fourth of July celebration, or a pair of linen pants and an
alpaca coat to a Christmas tree and be perfectly comfortable. And,
strange as it may seem, anybody’s clothes will nt him and look nice on
him. There is nothing else like him under the sun. He sees all things,
hears all things, believes all things and has implicit faith in everything
he sees or hears and stands ready at all times to step aboard of anything
that comes along, from a young mule to a flying machine.

“Wireless telegraphy is nothing new to him; he has used it for ages;
every negro’s mouth is a transmitter and every ear a receiver. If any¬
thing of importance happens on a plantation tonight, every negro for
forty miles around will know it by morning.

“Saturday is his special day by custom and common consent, and if you
have any business to attend to in a delta town on Saturday, attend to it
early and get off the streets before you get hurt. A negro cannot see you
Saturday unless you owe him something, and if you get in his way he is
liable to step on your, sit down on you, or back you up against a brick

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wall and smother you to death. He does not usually do these things, or
any of them, through any evil design, as many sometimes suppose, but
he simply cannot help it if you get in his way, for he is busy and cannot
look out for you. Saturday is his ‘rashions’ and news exchange day, and
in addition to having all those things on his mind, he has to shake hands
with every other negro in town and hug every negro woman he meets.
You had better take out an accident policy or get off the streets Saturday.

“The standard ‘rashions’ for a negro is a peck of cornmeal, two pounds
of sugar, one pound of coffee, three pounds of salt meat and one gallon
of black molasses a week, but he can sonsume all of this at one sitting if
necessary, or if he is working for you and boarding himself he can live
a week on three soda crackers, a box of sardines and five cents’ worth of
cheese. In other words, his stomach is built on the same general plan of
an old-fashioned accordion, and either contracts or expands according to
the pressure brought to bear upon it.

“'He is also immune to nearly all kinds of poisons, and can swallow
the most deadly drugs with impunity. I remember of having a negro
working for me one time who was having chills and was suffering with
severe backaches. I got him a bottle of chill tonic to take and a bottle of
liniment to rub his back with. The liniment was labeled in box-car let¬
ters, ‘Poison: For External Use Only,’ and I cautioned him about it when
I gave it to him, but for three days and nights, before I found it out, he
had been rubbing his back with the chill tonic and taking a tablespoonful
of the liniment three times a day before each meal, with excellent re¬
sults. On another occasion I was sick and had a negro to wait upon me,
and the doctor opened a can of antiphlogistine to make a plaster for my
side, and left the can on the kitchen table, and when my negro went in
to get his supper he mistook it for a can of peanut butter and ate the
whole of it without ever discovering his mistake.

“He is likewise a great admirer of art, and in nearly every negro’s
home, be it ever so humble, there hangs a life-size crayon portrait of him¬
self on the wall right opposite the door, where you will be sure to see it
as you come in the door. The rest of his surplus money he usually
spends for entertainment, preferably an excursion, but anything else in
motion will do. I have frequently stood on the street corner on a cold,
cloudy winter day and watched as many as fifty negroes, who would not
average 50 cents each, and none of whom had on clothes enough to flag
a flat car, clinging to a merry-go-round as it went round and round, grind¬
ing out that well-known and much-beloved melody, ‘Oh, Billy Bailey, Why
Don’t You Come Home?’ and their front teeth shining like the beys on a
baby grand piano, while hundreds of others, who did not have the pr.ce of
a ride, were standing in half-frozen mud shoe-mouth deep, cheering them
as they came round.

“All things are pleasing to him. A circus or a funeral is equally en¬
joyable, but a protracted meeting followed by a big baptizing, or a term
of circuit court followed by a public hanging, is his chiefest delight.

“Whenever a negro tires of country life he moves to town, acquires a
charcoal bucket and a tailor’s goose, forms an alliance with some white
man’s cook, and with his living thus assured, opens a cleaning and press¬
ing establishment. He then goes out Monday morning and gathers in the
Sunday clothes of the white clerks of town, and after wearing them him¬
self every night during the week, he gets up Saturday morning and treats
them to a gasoline bath, flattens them out with a red-hot iron and rushes
them home to their owners, so that they may wear them Sunday; col¬
lects $1.50 for his services in their behalf and goes on his way rejoic¬
ing. But should there be any special occasion in town on Saturday night
which he wishes to attend he holds back the best suit that he happens
to have on hand and wears it to that, and carries it home Sunday morn-

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Ing if he wakes up in time; otherwise its owner can lay in bed over Sun¬
day, and he will bring it back sometime the following Monday.

“If perchance his fancy does not run to cleaning clothes, he gets him¬
self a gasoline stove and other paraphernalia wherewith to defeat the
vagrant statute, and sets up a lunch counter, where he serves all such as
care to come his way, irrespective of race, color or previous conditions
of servitude, with hamburgers, hot catfish and beef sausage, and some¬
times sweet spirits of ferment on the side. But should neither of the
locations appeal to him, he usually opens a colored barber shop with a
poolroom and crap table in the rear.

“As soon as the city authorities become obnoxious to him, however,
he again goes back to the quiet country life, usually right after the
Christmas holidays, and joins himself to a cotton planter, and by his
certain written contract duly executed in duplicate, obligates and binds
himself to cultivate and gather a crop of cotton on the land therein
described, and on the strength thereof proceeds to eat up anywhere from
$5 to $300 worth of grub while he is waiting for the ground to get in
shape to plow, and it very frequently happens that when the trees begin
to bud and when the birds begin to whistle and the grasshopper begins
to sing, Mr. Negro is seized with wanderlust and suddenly disappears,
and the people who once knew him know him no more forever. Every
delta town also has its full quota of negro women, who, like the lily, toil
not, neither do they spin, yet the Queen of Sheba in all of her glory was
never clad like unto one of them.

“Surely the negro is fearfully and wonderfully made, and his ways
are past finding out.”

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That Pack of Cards

A soldier was once arrested for using a pack of playing cards as a
Bible in Church. His defense was as follows:

These cards are both my Bible and Prayer Book. The Ace reminds me
that there is only one God. The Deuce that the Bible is divided into two
parts, the Old and New Testaments. The trey brings to mind the Holy
Trinity — Father, Son and Holy Ghost. The four spot recalls the four
great Apostles, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. The five spot brings
to mind the five wise virgins, who had their lamps trimmed and ready.
The six spot, that God created Heaven and Earth in six days and rested
on the seventh. The seven spot commands me that the Sabbath is a day
for rest and worship. The eight spot recalls the eight righteous persons,
namely, Noah, his wife and three sons and their wives, who were saved
from the flood by being allowed to enter the Ark. The nine spot repre¬
sents the nine lepers cleansed by the Saviour. Each of the spots on the
ten reminds me of one of the Ten Commandments.

The Knave teaches me to shun the Devil and all his works. The
Queen reminds me of Mary, the Mother of Jesus to whom all should do
homage, and the King reminds me of the King of Heaven and Earth,
to whom all should bow in worship.

Furthermore, this pack of cards is my almanac. Its number of spots
is 3 65, the number of days in the year. There are 52 cards in the pack,
the number of weeks in the year. There are four suits representing the
four seasons. Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, and each season is
divided into thirteen weeks, the number of cards in each suit.

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Kinsmen and a Few Words in Conclusion

The Beusse and Evans families are kin to seventy-five percent of
the people living in Madison, Oglethorpe, and Wilkes Counties,-
through their different marriage connections, the McCurdys, the
Griff eths, the Carithers’ the Breedloves, the Gholstons, the Woods,
the Browns, the Simses, the Winns, the Powers, the Scotts, the Mer-
ciers, the Davids and others too numerous to mention. They have
kinsmen scattered all over Georgia and all the other states of the
Union also have a good many in Europe.

It was always a pleasure for the writer to visit his kinsman, Cousin
Jimmie Griff eth, who had a large family and who lived in Oconee
County, and his aunt, Mrs. W. T. Starks, who lived in Winterville.
He has also had lots of fun at the home of the Raw’son family, who
were living on the farm, having spent his summer vacations with
them.

With much love for the good old days that are past and gone.

J. H. BEUUSSE.

JUST A FEW WORDS IN CONCLUSION.

In getting up this data and history of the Beusse and Evans
families, I have found that it was a great deal bigger job than I had
anticipated, and it will be impossible for me to go into each family
connection as it had been my intention to do.

My grandmother was an Allen, who was raised in Wilkes County,
Georgia. The Allens all served in the Revolution and had good lands
in Wilkes County, also the Lindseys, also Nathaniel Bullock and his
family, and Wyatt Bullock, who married Betsy Allen, June 6th, 1803,
in Oglethorpe County, also Wyatt Hawkins who married Nancy
Allen, Reuben Allen, William Evans, Silas Mercier, Joseph Allen,
James Allen, Jacob Lindsey, Daniel Evans, Jesse Evans who moved
to Mississippi David Evans, Daniel Evans, Nathaniel Bullock, Steph¬
ens Evans, and Thomas Evans. All the above named were property
owners in Wilkes County after the Revolution and owned the biggest
portion of the western part of Wilkes County, Georgia, and the ma¬
jority of them served in the Revolution and part of their lands wTere
Bounty Grants on account of their services.

A HEAD NOTE TO THE FOLLOWING EXTRACTS.

Nathan Evans, who was a Welshman, moved from Pennsylvania
to Cheraw, S. C., with his family and other kinsmen and friends in
1735, and finally located on land granted them by the King of Eng¬
land on Catfish.

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This is to clear up any error that might exist.

Nathan had several daughters and three sons, Thomas, David and
Nathan.

David never married, but came with his brother, Thomas, to
TV ilkes County, Georgia, in 1784, after the Revolutionary War, and
they were granted lands for their services in the Revolutionary War.

Thomas Evans, with other kinsmen, left South Carolina, going
west and located in Wilkes County, Ga., in 1784.

Afterwards, Thomas Evans sold his interests to his brother, Nathan,
who resided on the Catfish, Marion County, S. C., until the time of
his death.

J. H. BEUSSE.

Athens, Ga., April 28th, 1823.

Extracts from a History of Marion County, S. C., by W. W. Sellers,
Esq., of the Marion Bar, from its earliest times to the present, 1901.

“ Evans — The next family the writer will notice is the Evans
family. Bishop Gregg says, on page 75: “ Nathan Evans was a
Welshman and settled on Catfish. He either came from the Welsh
Neck above, soon after his arrival here, or was one of those who went
first to the lower part of the Welsh tracts, and remained there.
Landjs in the neighborhood of Tart’s Mill (now Moody’s) were
granted to Nathan Evans.” Bishop Gregg in a note says on the
same page, ‘ ‘ Nathan Evans was the grandfather of the late Thomas
Evans and General William Evans, of Marion. The father of General
Evans was also named Nathan and was a man of upright character
through life.” Nathan Evans’ arrival and settlement on Catfish was
soon after the arrival and settlement of John Godbold, in 1735.
Gregg further says : David Evans, son of Nathan, was a Captain in
the Revolution and a man of note. He died childless. About the
same time two families of James and Lucas came down the river and
settled on Catfish ; with the latter of these the Crawfords and Evanses
intermarried. Soon after a family of Bakers came from Newborn,
N. C., to Peedee. One of this name married a daughter of Nathan
Evans. William Baker was prominent in the Revolution and marked
for his devotion to the cause of Liberty.” Thus the foundation of
the Evans family, so far as Marion County is concerned, is laid in
old Nathan Evans. We are not informed whether he had other sons
than David and Nathan, and no account of any daughter except that
one of the name of Baker married a daughter of Nathan Evans. His
son, Nathan, was the only one to perpetuate the name. The writer
thinks he married twice (the second Nathan). His first wife was a
Godbold, by whom he had a son, the late Thomas Evans, and two
daughters, Mrs. R. J. Gregg, and Mrs. Colonel Levi Legette; there
may have been other children of the first marriage. Nathan Evans’
second wife was a Miss Rogers, (first name not known), a daughter
of old Lot Rogers, of Upper Marion. By his second wife he had three
sons and a daughter. The sons were the late Gen. Wm. Evans, Nathan

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Evans, and Game well Evans; the daughter, Elizabeth A., married
Alexander Murdock of Marlborough County. The late Thomas Evans
married a Miss Daniel, a Virginia lady, a most excellent woman and

a woman of more than ordinary culture for her day and time; the
fruits of this marriage were ten sons and one daughter. The father,
Thomas Evans, was quite a prominent man in his day, Representative
and Senator from his county in the State Legislature, Commissioner
in Equity, and a useful man generally ; he died in middle life — I
think in 1845 ; the names of his sons, as remembered, wTere Chesley
D., Thomas, Nathan G., James Beverly, Jackson, William,. Asa, Alfred
and Woodson; the daughter, Sarah, who married: R. L. Singletary,, on
the west side of Great Peedee River, has children grown and married.
Chesley D. Evans graduated at the South Carolina College, I think,
in 1839, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1841 ; went into
practice and was elected Commissioner in Equity, which position he
held for years ; he was a delegate to the Secession Convention in 1860,
was quite a scholarly man and a good lawyer, though not much of
an advocate; he married in 1850 or 1851, Miss Jane Haselden and
reared a family of seven sons and one daughter. The sons were
Junius H., Chesley D., Walker, Samuel, Frank, Leon, Nathan and
David; and a daughter, Bettie. Of these,' Junius is a practicing law¬
yer at Marion ; married Miss Florence Durant and has three or four
children. Chester D. married a Miss Wells; he is dead and left three
children. Samuel married an English lady and is dead ;he left two
children. Walker married a Miss McDougal, in upper Marion, and is
farming and doing well. Frank is in Spartanburg at the head of a
graded school, and is highly esteemed. (He is still Superintendent
of the Public Schools of Spartanburg, April 21st, 1923. Alexina
W. Evans). Where the other two are, Nathan and David, is un¬
known, having left Marion. Leon died when a youth. Chesley died
m May, 1897, at the advanced age of eighty years, being born Jan.
10th, 1817. Thomas Evans, second son of Thomas Evans, (senior),
grew up, studied law, practiced for several years, and was appointed
(I think by President Pierce,) United States District Atorney for
South Carolina, which position he filled for four years with credit
to himself and satisfaction to the public. ITe married late in life,
settled down in Britton’s Neck at a place called Oakton, and soon
after removed west and died there. Nathan G .Evans, third son of
Thomas Evans, senior, was educated at West Point and went into
the regular army of the United States, and when the war between
the States broke out, loyal to his section, he threw himself on the side
of the South and was soon appointed by President Davis a Brigadier
General, and won distinction on many fields, and especially at the
battle of Leesburg or Ball’s Bluff, where he pursued the Federals to
the river, completely routed them and besides killing many, others
sprang off the bluff into the river and were either drowned or killed
in the water. (Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, 1 vol.,

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437). Gen. N. Geo, Evans (called Shanks at home), married about
the close of the war a Miss Gary of Edgefield, and by her had several
.sons and daughters, the number and names unknown to the writer ;

one of the sons, John Gary Evans, is now an ex-Governor of South
Carolina. Gen. Evans removed to Edgefield after his marriage and
^ere several years ago.* A true South Carolinian and a gallant
soldier, his face was ever to the front. James E. Evans, another son
of Thomas Evans, (senior), was a doctor and did service in the war
as a surgeon ; he married a Virginia lady and after the war returned
to South Carolina, located as a physician at Little Rock, in his native
county, and remained there doing a good practice for several years;
'hen removed to Florence and continued parctice there till the pres¬
ent time. He is eminent in his profession, is Secretary to the State
Board of Health, and President of the State Board of Medical Ex¬
aminers for the examination of applicants to practice medicine in the
States, as required by law — quite a distinguished position ; he is a
man of high character and of excellent morals ; has a family of grown
children, the number and names unknown to the writer ; has a daugh¬
ter married to Hon. F. B. Gary, present Speaker of the House of
Representatives of the South Carolina Legislature, and at present a
candidate for Governor of the State. Another son of Thomas Evans
(senior), William, who was in the navy under Admiral Semmes on
the Alabama, during the war, and an officer of what rank is now
unknown, and was perhaps a graduate of the Naval Academy at
Annapolis, Md. ; he was a brave Carolinian and a staunch supporter
of the Confederacy; he never married and died some years ago and
was buried in his native town. Two other sons of Thomas Evans,
''Senior), Jackson and Beverly, left this country years ago and went
West; they were unmarried when they left Marion; don’t know what
has become of them. Another son, Captain A. L. Evans, now Deputy
Clerk of Court, of Thomas Evans, (Senior), volunteered early in the
war and remained in it to the last, a gallant soldier, contending for
the rights of his section; he was Adjutant in his brother’s, N. G.
Evans brigade, and went through all the battles in which it was en¬
gaged during the war, from Virginia to Mississippi, always at his
post and did his full duty ; he married a daughter of the late Horatio
McClenaghan, and by her has had five children, two sons and three
daughters; one daughter married. Two other sons of Thomas Evans
(Senior), were Alfred and Woodson. Soon after the war, Alfred, a
young man, went West; I have lost sight of him and cannot say what
has become of him. Woodson, the youngest son, just as he was enter¬
ing into manhood, sickened and died. That family of Evans did
much for the ‘ ‘ lost cause ’ ’ ; their whole soul was in it and went down
with it, not whipped, but simply overcome by the number and re¬
sources of the enemy.

Gen. William Evans, a son of Nathan, the second by his second
marriage, was born in 1804, grew up to manhood and married Miss

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Sarah Ann Godbold, daughter of Gen. Thomas Godbold ; settled down
at the place just north of Marion, and went to farming; he succeeded
veil in his chosen occupation and amassed a large property ; he had
only two sons, James Hamilton and William Thomas; the latter is
now sheriff (second term) of the county; and seven daughters, viz:
Catherine, Mary, Eliza Jane, Louisa, Ann M., Rosa and Margaret.
The oldest son, James Hamilton, was a graduate of the University of
North Carolina. He married a Miss Amelia Legette daughter of
Rev. David Legette, and lived to a few years back and died childless.
William Thomas grew up to manhood just in time to strike the war;
he was in college, left it and came home, volunteered and went into
the war and made a good soldier, remained in it till the last; came
home and married a Miss Stith of Wilson, N. C. ; by her he had one
child, a daughter; soon after, his wife died and he was not remar¬
ried; his daughter was raised by her grandmother Evans and married
Henry I. Gasque ; had two children for him, a daughter and a son ;
she died three or four years ago, leaving her two children and hus¬
band. Thus it appears that the name of Evans, so far as the sops
of the General are concerned, will become extinct, unless the Sheriff,
W. T. Evans, should marry again and thereby perpetuate his name.
Gen. Evans’ oldest daughter, Catherine, died not long after reaching
womanhood, unmarried ; his daughter, Mary, married A. J. Requier,
a lawyer who afterwards moved to Mobile where Requier became
distinguished as a lawyer, a man of erudition ; his wife, Mary, died in
Mobile, childless. His daughter, Eliza Jane, married Dr. Dixon
Evans, of Fayetteville, N. C., preserving her identity as an Evans.
Dr. Dixon Evans died at Marion a few years ago leaving three sons
and three daughters; of the sons, Charles E. Evans, now of Marion,
is the oldest. He married Miss Sophie Miles, daughter of Dr. D. F.
Miles, Clerk of Court. The next son, Win. A., grew up and went
West; his whereabouts are unknown to the writer. The third and last
son of Dr. Dixon Evans is named Joseph, a young man, unmarried.
Of Dr. Dixon Evans’ daughters, the oldest is the wife of R. R. Mul¬
lins, of Marion; the second daughter, Kate, married W. IT. Cross,
cashier of the Merchants and Farmers Bank at Marion; she died three
or four years ago and left two or three children. Another daughter,
Amelia, married a Mr. Glover of Fayetteville, N. C. Gen. Evans’
daughter, Louiza, married, first a Mr. McEachern, of North Carolina;
by him she had two daughters,, when McEachern died. The widow in
a few years married Rev. W. C. Power an itinerant Methodist minis¬
ter, and by him, I think, she has six children, three sons and three
daughters. Gen. Evans’ daughter, Anna M., married Col. John G.'
Blue of North Carolina ; he was a graduate of the University of North
Carolina, and a lawyer. Col. Blue raised three sons and five daugh¬
ters. One son, Rupert, is a doctor, and has, for several years, been
a surgeon in the United States Army and stands well as such. An¬
other son, Victor Blue, graduated some years ago at Annapolis, Md.,

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and lias been in the navy ever since his graduation. He acquired
distinction by heroic deeds in the late Spanish- American War, and is
well on the road to an Admiralship, the highest honor that can be
attained in the branch of his countrys service — a Marion boy, of
whom Marion and the whole State are justly proud; he is a fine
specimen of manhood physically; he recently married a daughter of
some naval Captain. William, his third son, is still single and lives
with his mother and carries on the farm ; he is now Treasurer of the
County ; one daughter, Sallie, married Peter John of Marlboro Coun¬
ty ; another, Effie, married Edward B. Wheeler, of Marion ; another,
Ida married James John of North Carolina. The two other daugh¬
ters, Kate and Hettie, never married. Miss Kate has attained some
celebrity as a writer. Another daughter, Rosa, married Capt. Dun¬
can McIntyre, but died childless. The youngest daughter, Margaret,
married Major S. A. Durham.

Gen. William Evans was a prominent man in his day. He was a
large and active man, handsome and of fine address, and much of a
man physically. He was chosen as one of the delegates to the Nulli¬
fication Convention in 1832, and was one of the signers of the Ordi¬
nance of Nullification passed by that body. In 1838 he was elected
to the House of Representatives. He was a man of fine sense, but not
a scholar ; he devoted himself almost exclusively to his farm, at which
he succeeded well, made a large property in lands and slaves and
kept out of debt. At the time of emancipation he owned over 100
slaves. It seemed that everything he touched “turned to gold” — it
prospered in his hands. He died sitting on the steps of his front
piazza, suddenly, on the 6th of June, 1876, at the age of 72 years.

Nathan Evans, a younger brother of Gen. Wm. Evans, and a grand¬
son of the first old Nathan, was born in 1805; was a worthy man and
an excellent citizen ; a gentleman of fine taste, affable and very popu¬
lar with everybody. He married a Miss Baker, below Marion, a
•laughter of William and Annise Baker, by whom he had four child¬
ren, two sons and two daughters, William B., who married, first
Maggie Haselden, and then Sue Berry, by whom he had five daughters
and three sons; Nathan unmarried; Lizzie, who married W. W.
Brady, who married Mr. Cole and died childless ; Nathan Evans mar¬
ried the second time a Miss Harriet Braddy, of upper Marion, and
had two sons, Julius and Lawrence; and ttvo daughters, Martha and
Fannie. Nathan’s daughter, Lizzie, had a daughter named Walker,
who married J. W. Davis of Marion. They moved to Alabama and
left three sons, Willie, Hicks and Elbert. Nathan Evans, the third,
was one of nature’s noblemen; had great good sense, was energetic
and upright in every respect; always lent his ear to a tale of suffer¬
ing; had a kind and sympathetic heart, and would help his neighbor
in distress, if it was in his power, often to his own injury; he in¬
jured himself by becoming surety for others. He was a more popular
man than his brother, the General; yet he never aspired to the

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honors of office but once, and then not of his own motion, but being
urged by his friends, he became a candidate for Representative in
the State Legislature in 1858, and though the contest was heated,
he was triumphantly elected at the head of the ticket. ’ ’

*Gen. N. C. Evans had three sons, John Gary, George and Bernard
B., and one daughter, Mary, who has never married and still lives in
Edgefield. George is dead, Barnard B. practices law in Columbia, and
John Gary, in Spartanburg.

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INDEX

An Appreciation _ 3

Our Neighbors _ 4

Capt. Henry Beusse _ 5

Beusse Family Record _ 10

Life of Jesse H. Bensse _ 23

Muster Roll, Co. G., Spanish-American War _ 30

Sketches of Members of Families _ 34

Life of W. F. Dorsey _ 34

Life of Thos. Elder Middlebrooks _ 35

Grandparents of Mrs. T. E. Middlebrooks _ 35

Life of Dr. R. V. Harris _ 36

Life of Winfield R. Nesbit _ 36

Middlebrooks Family Record _ 37

Letter to National Cyclopedia of American Biography _ 39

Facts About Wilkes County _ 41

Life of R. H. Bullock _ 45

Kinsmen _ 46

Stephenses _ 47

Copy of Will of Jno. Lindsey _ 50

Marriage Record of Kinsmen _ 52

The Evans Family _ 55

Welsh Settlements in South Carolina _ 72

St. David’s Society, Cheraw, S. C - 89

Record of Old Cheraws who served in the Revolution - 92

Letters from Archives of Georgia, Pennsylvania, and other
States and War Records of Evans Family - 100

*

The Colored Citizens of Athens and Some of Their Charac¬
teristics - 108

That Pack of Cards - 111

Kinsmen and a Few Words in Conclusion - 112

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